Manila, June 9 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday said the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed a decrease in the number of "self-rated poor" families in April is an indication that the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is on the right track.

"This is a good indicator that the government's anti-poverty program is on the right track. This also shows the effectiveness of the 4Ps insofar as helping the poor attain the level of self-sufficiency while providing them with the necessary interventions to ensure that they will not slide back to poverty," Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said in a statement.

The 4Ps is the national government's flagship program designed to break the intergener...