An innovative approach to metropolitan management in the philippines

Abstract

The paper describes the historical development of metropolitan planning and administration in Metro Manila, and identifies five major problems: the sectoral isolation of planning; the inadequate involvement of local government; inadequacies in planning methods; weaknesses in the system of resource management; and institutional fragmentation. The development of the Capital Investment Folio process, its institutional framework and the main characteristics and results of applying the approach are described. The benefits and lessons which have emerged are then set out and their possible application elsewhere discussed. The main achievements of CIF are progress towards a rational system of urban planning; the generation of consensus within government about Manila's investment strategy; a more widespread appreciation of opportunity costs; and a new understanding of how to plan under conditions of uncertainty. It remains for CIF to be integrated into the national resource allocation process, and to be fully accepted by national government agencies. Local government still needs to be positively involved in the planning process.

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“…As an early example of more ambitious serial planning of projects, Allport and Von Einsiedel (1986) describe a solution to the practical problems in planning infrastructure projects in the Philippines. This stratagem has more general application elsewhere in circumstances in which several aspects of infrastructural development are competing for funding, particularly in developing countries where demand for potentially viable projects exceeds availability of funding.…”

“…based onAllport and Von Einsiedel 1986) indicates the screening and evaluation stages in the establishment of an overall Core Investment Program (CIP).…”