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The Philippines embraced a devolution agenda in 1991, leading to the enactment of the Local Government Code (LGC). Despite over three decades of imple..

Two recent key events have advanced the country’s decentralization agenda. In 2019, the Mandanas-Garcia Supreme Court (Mandanas) ruling expanded..

Thirty-two years ago, the First Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM I) established a trifocalized Philippine Educational and Training System ..

Two key recent events pushed forward the country’s decentralization agenda. In 2019, the Mandanas-Garcia Supreme Court (“Mandanas”) ..

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdown measures taken to control its spread brought economies to a halt, turning the public hea..

The Philippine government provides conditional grants to local government units (LGUs) for certain priorities, such as budgetary allocations from nati..

This paper presents the current water access in the Philippines and reviews the mandates of the two main water regulatory bodies: the Local Water Util..

Executive Order No. 27 Series of 2017 mandated all government agencies and instrumentalities, including all local government units (LGUs), to implemen..

Improving water supply and sanitation is essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring availability and sustainable management of ..

Philippine local governments were given increased autonomy, revenue-raising and expenditure responsibilities under the Local Government Code of 1991 (..

The study examines the use of Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) as a tool in drafting the local Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP). By unders..

The Performance Challenge Fund (PCF), established by the DILG in 2010, is a performance-based incentive program that gives financial subsidies to loca..

One major challenge faced in assessing the impact of the various national government interventions is the lack of baseline data. This study aims to id..

This paper surveys literature on Philippine decentralization to gather insights as well as distill facts emerging from the evidence on local governmen..