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Impact of Social Science on Policy Making

Government policies should be informed by scientific studies to effectively address social issues and minimize resource wastage. The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) aims to alleviate poverty through monetary assistance and investments in human capital, with specific conditions for beneficiaries to promote responsible behavior. Social sciences also play a role in shaping legislative policies, environmental recommendations, cultural preservation, and infrastructural changes based on population studies.

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Impact of Social Science on Policy Making

Government policies should be informed by scientific studies to effectively address social issues and minimize resource wastage. The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) aims to alleviate poverty through monetary assistance and investments in human capital, with specific conditions for beneficiaries to promote responsible behavior. Social sciences also play a role in shaping legislative policies, environmental recommendations, cultural preservation, and infrastructural changes based on population studies.

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HOW SOCIAL SCIENCE SHAPES LIVES

Government policies should ideally be based on scientific studies conducted on real life
social issues and problems. Given the limited resources, conducting a study before
implementing a policy or a project will minimize or even prevent wastage. A scientific study
will reveal the necessity of the project, the number of beneficiaries expected to gain from
the project, and may even provide possiby more cost-effective alternatives. In addressing
poverty for instance, the government came up with Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Progam or
4Ps. This was formerly sme up with Pantawid Pam Cash Transfer (CCT) Program started
under the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The program aims to break the cycle of
poverty by providing immediate monetary assistance to the poorest of the poor in the short
term and investing in human capital, like nutrition and education, in the long term. The
program should not be construed as a mere dole-out since it is designed to induce socially
responsible behavior from its beneficiaries through the conditions that it sets in the
contracts, Conditions are set among its beneficiaries before financial assistance is given.
Eligible households are given 500 pesos a month for health and nutrition while 300 pesos
per month per child is given as educational assistance. A household can enroll a maximum
of 3 children under the educational assistarice program.

Some of the conditions to the 4Ps are mentioned in the World Bank website:

Table 1.3

Conditionalities for children

Children 0-5 years of age should get regular preventive health check-ups and vaccines.

Children 3-5 years of age should attend day care/ preschool at least 85% of the time.

Children 6-14 years of age should attend elementary or high school at least 85% of the
time.
Other conditionalities

Pregnant women must avail of prenatal and postnatal care. They should have their babies
delivered by a professional birth attendant

Parents must attend Parent Effectiveness Seminars and Responsible Parenthood Seminars

Other applications of the social sciences in the conduct of the people’s daily life include

◆ Framing of legislative policies in relation to political and social issues of class, gender,
and power

◆ Recommendations on changes on environmental use with respect to geography studies


on climate change

◆ Preservation of cultural diversity and respect for traditions in this period of globalization

◆ Exchange of culture and ideas in the macrolevel and breakdown of families in the
microlevel as a result of economic migration by Filipino workers

◆ Infrastructural changes resulting from population studies

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