Governance - Matches

Socioeconomic disparities in the Philippines have persisted and even worsened in the wake of the devastating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pande..

LOCAL government units (LGUs) will have varying starting points when the National Government (NG) devolves some of its functions to them, the Philippi..

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

LOCAL government units (LGUs) will need to look into public-private partnerships (PPPs) for urban services like solid waste management due to the gove..

This Policy Note looks into the opportunities, benefits, and challenges of interlocal cooperation models in providing common solid waste man..

Interlocal cooperation has long been promoted in the Philippines to address the resource limitations of local government units; however, there is a la..

NUMEROUS members of the academe have expressed support for the House of Representatives’ initiative to change the “restrictive” econ..

Esteemed data experts and researchers presented success stories and recommendations for using data for evidence-based policymaking and planning in a r..

  Concerns raised by local government units (LGU) to implement the soon-to-be devolved functions of the national government (NG) prompted Presid..

To enforce the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision about the fair share of local governments in national taxes, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directe..

MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has asked a development panel to review possible amendments on the devolution of functions of local governmen..

MANILA – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Tuesday said around 450 local government units (LGUs), particularly fourth and fi..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in partnership with the Ateneo Policy Center under the Ateneo School of Government and IDinsi..

MANILA, Philippines — Local government units (LGUs) need to have a communication plan in place and to enhance their communication capacities by ..