The reformists: Kalahi and the performances of local government officials in Bohol, Philippines

Poncin, Emmanuelle

doi:10.1080/01436597.2017.1389267

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“…Porio (2016) points out that governance reforms with public participation gave the mayor room to legitimately form networks and alliances with civil society organizations and private enterprises, leading to the legalization and justification of client-patron relationships (Porio 2016: 32). In fact, case studies of community-driven development in Bohol island reveal that the patron-client relationship survived and poverty alleviation was slow to progress, even as the project took place (Reid 2011;Poncin 2019). As a series of case studies on 2016 local elections depicts, money politics and patron-client relations between local politicians and constituencies endure in the Philippines (Hicken, Aspinall, and Weiss 2019).…”

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How does Decentralization Affect the Performance of Municipalities in Urban Environmental Management in the Philippines?

Nishimura¹

2022

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This study explored the factors that affect the environmental management performance of municipalities in the Philippines, which have expanded their environmental policy authority through decentralization. Individual case studies have shown that in order for a municipality that has expanded its authority over environmental policy in the process of decentralization to effectively implement this policy, it is important that the mayor take political initiative to overcome financial and technical constraints and encourage the effective participation of stakeholders. In response to these arguments, this study examines each of the following four questions – whose policy input improves local government performance, whether local government performance improves when mayors have frequent contact with stakeholders, whether the frequent contact with external political actors affect the performance of local governments, and whose financial support increases local government performance – using statistical analysis on the results of a large-scale local government survey in the Philippines. It was revealed that financial inputs from the private sector and a frequent contact with the neighboring local governments have a positive correlation with high environmental management performance, while close relationships with various stakeholders and strong financial support from the central government departments have a negative correlation, and the mayor's policy initiative has no effect.

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How does Decentralization Affect the Performance of Municipalities in Urban Environmental Management in the Philippines?

Nishimura¹

2022

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The reformists: Kalahi and the performances of local government officials in Bohol, Philippines

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How does Decentralization Affect the Performance of Municipalities in Urban Environmental Management in the Philippines?

How does Decentralization Affect the Performance of Municipalities in Urban Environmental Management in the Philippines?

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