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A Better Metro Manila?Decentralisation Experiences in the Philippines: Social Services Sectors and the Local Government Code of 1991

A Better Metro Manila?: Decentralisation Experiences in the Philippines: Social Services Sectors... [After 27 years since the passage of the Local Government Code of 1991, how are local governments today? This chapter reviews the literature on decentralisation in the Philippines, focusing on cities’ experiences within Metro Manila and local government units outside the national capital. Looking at local governments’ different experiences with varying contexts provides a perspective on how decentralisation has been implemented. Local governments are deemed primary service providers. This chapter will focus on two main service sectors: health, which has been devolved, and education, which has been decentralised. Based on the existing studies on health devolution and education decentralisation, the chapter lays down some recommendations on policy changes, specifically possible amendments to relevant provisions of the LGC of 1991, or proper policy implementation, such as enabling the existing institutional structures and guarantees provided.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Better Metro Manila?Decentralisation Experiences in the Philippines: Social Services Sectors and the Local Government Code of 1991

Editors: Tadem, Teresa S. Encarnacion; Atienza, Maria Ela L.
Go, Jan Robert R.
A Better Metro Manila? — Mar 1, 2023
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Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
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978-981-19-7803-6
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157 –192
DOI
10.1007/978-981-19-7804-3_5
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Abstract

[After 27 years since the passage of the Local Government Code of 1991, how are local governments today? This chapter reviews the literature on decentralisation in the Philippines, focusing on cities’ experiences within Metro Manila and local government units outside the national capital. Looking at local governments’ different experiences with varying contexts provides a perspective on how decentralisation has been implemented. Local governments are deemed primary service providers. This chapter will focus on two main service sectors: health, which has been devolved, and education, which has been decentralised. Based on the existing studies on health devolution and education decentralisation, the chapter lays down some recommendations on policy changes, specifically possible amendments to relevant provisions of the LGC of 1991, or proper policy implementation, such as enabling the existing institutional structures and guarantees provided.]

Published: Mar 1, 2023

Keywords: Decentralisation; Social services; Local government; Philippines; Local Government Code

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