Fiscal decentralization after 20 years what have we learned? where do we go from here?

Local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines have been given significant resources through grants (called internal revenue allotment or IRA) and taxing powers. But after 20 years, LGUs have become even more dependent on the IRA. A body of evidence suggests no sharp improvement in local public se...

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Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Philippine Review of Economics Vol. XLIX, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), 9-26
Main Author:	Diokno, Benjamin E.
Resource Type:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Decentralization in government Local government Revenue sharing Internal revenue