excel in their own-source revenue performance and creative use of corporate powers. -- decentralization ; devolution … ; decentralization and service delivery ; institutional design for decentralization ; decentralization capability ; local government unit …

Why, after more than twenty-five years of decentralization, are Philippine local government units (LGUs) at varied … decentralization with the aim to gather insights as well as distill stylized facts emerging from the evidence explaining local … current decentralization dynamics became evident. Though mandates and laws are the same across local governments, except …

government capacity to bring about inclusive development. Decentralization efforts, notably, the enactment of the Local … to the success of decentralization and fiscal federalism efforts is a strong middle level government, which is absent in …

decentralization indeed improves health service delivery in the Philippines. There is lack of studies that employ rigorous quantitative …-based/informed policymaking. In particular, the study proposes an analytical framework that examines the effects of fiscal decentralization on …/degree of fiscal decentralization affecting the health sector. Such endeavor is the first ever attempt to measure the extent …

's decentralization policies and also, in informing future policymaking. In particular, it highlights the importance of (i) a well …

Two key recent events pushed forward the country's decentralization agenda. In 2019, the Mandanas-Garcia Supreme Court … decentralization strategy from national government, and (iii) the need for greater coordination and guidance from national agencies …