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Regional Budget Determination and Allocation: A Policy Revisit

Mercado, Ruben G. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1999

National leadership over the past three decades has recognized regional development as an important policy thrust and strategy for national development. Hence, regional allocation becomes an integral part in the national government budgeting system, which is aimed for greater efficiency and...

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Metropolitan Naga: A Continuing Challenge of Local Autonomy and Sustainability

Mercado, Ruben G.; Ubaldo, Victor B. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1998

Under EO 102, the Metro Naga Development Council (MNDC) has been tasked to formulate, coordinate and monitor programs, projects and activities for the acceleration of economic development and social growth. This paper identifies the three major challenges that the MNDC has faced: first is the...

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An Assessment of the Absorptive Capacity of Agencies Involved in the Public Works Sector

Manasan, Rosario G.; Mercado, Ruben G. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2001

This study evaluates the absorptive capacity of a government agency for domestic and external funds. It takes the case of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), one of the biggest recipients of funds from government and foreign sources. Specifically, the paper a) provides an...

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Governance and Urban Development: Case Study of Metro Manila

Manasan, Rosario G.; Mercado, Ruben G. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1999

framework, governance of Metro Manila becomes more challenging as cities and municipalities that compose it have political … and financial costs. The advantage of metropolitan governance under a decentralized framework is that it allows the local … Manila have implemented which have been included in this paper under the discussion of models of good city governance. …

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