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090 _aS PIDS Policy Notes No. 2022-02
100 _aMonje, Jennifer D.
245 _aHow can DSWD's social pension program for indigent senior citizens be improved?
_cJennifer D. Monje
260 _aQuezon City
_bPhilippine Institute for Development Studies
_c2022
300 _a6 pages
_fArticle
500 _aPIDS Policy Notes no. 2022-02 (January 2022), 1-6
501 _aIncludes bibliography.
520 _aIn the Philippines, senior citizens --- those aged 6- years and older --- enjoy many legally mandated benefits and privileges. The passage of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2010 also provided cash assistance of PHP500 per month (PHP6,000 per year) to indigent seniro citizens to augment their expenses on food and medicines.
650 _aOlder people -- Social Conditions
_zPhilippines.
942 _cCORE
_jS PIDS Policy Notes No. 2022-02
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