00000cab a22000004cb4500 IPP-00000158541 IPP 20161011164115.0 161011s2016 xx d | ||r |||||eng|| eng Adriano, Fermin D. Evaluating the impacts of a large scale social development project on the non-income dimension of poverty the case of the KALAHI-CIDSS Evaluating the impacts of a large scale social development project on the non-income dimension of poverty 2016 The paper is an evaluation of the non-income impact of the government's foremost anti-poverty project, the Kapitbisig Laban sa Kahirapan - Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), which is implemented nationwide by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The reason for focusing the assessment on the non-income dimension of this poverty reduction project is that recent literature on poverty argues that successfully addressing poverty requires more than increasing the income of the poor but enabling or empowering them to collectively act on issues that affect their welfare. The ability to work together as a community or society in the pursuit of a collective goal intended to improve the group's plight is referred to as "social capital." Relying on an exhaustive review of secondary literature pertaining to Kalahi-CIDSS and similarly implemented projects in other parts of the world, the paper found that Kalahi-CIDSS had a positive impact on the social capital of communities where the program was implemented. Moreover, the project generated high economic returns and savings compared to projects implemented by government agencies using standard government rules and procedures. The positive impacts of Kalahi-CIDSS led to the scaling up of its implementation to cover more than half of the poorest municipalities in the bottom 40 poorest provinces in the country under the National Community Driven Development Program (NCDDP). Poverty reduction Social capital Social development Public Policy Vol. XIV (2016), 115-162 UPD DLAW UPD DMLP UPD TMC Article FI