http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/06/26/15/adb-ph-already-addressed-conditional-cash-leakages

SENATE Majority leader Alan Peter Cayetano yesterday called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to make public the list of the beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Cayetano made the call after the Asian Development Bank (ADB), one of the institutions recognizing the program of the government, reported that only 30% or P19 billion of the P62 billion allocated for the monthly cash distribution under the CCT program did not go to intended beneficiaries. "Bakit sine-centralize ng DSWD ang pagpili sa kung sino bibigyan, ang sabi nila para walang pulitika pero naging mas inefficient. Ngayon, sa P62 billion, halos 8% o P5 billion ay napupunta sa administrative cost. ‘Yan po ang briefing samin sa Senado last budget hearing,” said Cayetano in a radio interview over dzMM. According to Cayetano, only the DSWD has the power to identify the families who will benefit from the program. "P5 billion nito ay sa mga taong pipili at magma-manage kung kanino mapupunta samantalang may mga barangay tayo, may municipality, may city (local government) kung saan mas efficient na sila mamimili, sila dumaan at io-audit na lang ng CoA (Commission on Audit) at DSWD,” he added. The senator stressed that it is important to bare the list to show the detailed names, provinces or districts of the families receiving the money. "Nagkaroon na rin ng CoA report ‘yan na nagkakaroon ng mga pamilya na doble o triple ang kinukuha, kung hindi ako nagkakamali kalahating milyon na pamilya ang sinasabi. Kaya lang, noong nagpaliwanag ang DSWD, paano mo naman hindi tatanggapin na sila ang may hawak ng data?” Cayetano said. "Ang isang malaking problema ng Kongreso, nagre-rely din tayo sa data ng DSWD dahil sa laki at sa dami ng mga pangalan and I don’t think na itinu-turn over ang database.” Cayetano however praised the program and gave credit to DSWD employees who really work hard but stressed there are things that still need to be done. "Ang gusto, umabot ng P100 bilyon ‘yan ‘yung sa estimate na ipinakita sa amin in the next two years,” he said. In the latest report, the ADB has clarified that the CCT program implemented by the DSWd went to the poor, explaining that its previous statement that non-poor families received cash grants was based on previous data. In a statement, ADB country director Richard Bolt clarified "that the figure in the Learning Lessons publication of ADB’s Independent Evaluation Department is sourced from a 2013 study done by the Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS), which is based on 2009 data and earlier poverty targeting practices.” "It is unfortunate that this reference was not clear…As such, we are confident that the issue raised is no longer the case in the ongoing conditional cash transfer program,” he added.//