00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862388020 Buklod 20210222104843.0 m | | ta 210604s2012 xx a r |||| u|eng d 46551516 (iLib)UPBAG-00039347509 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-2290 Diokno, Benjamin E. author. Fiscal decentralization after 20 years what have we learned? where do we go from here? Benjamin E. Diokno. [Quezon City] School of Economics, University of the Philippines 2012. pages 9-26 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Title was 'Philippine Review of Business and Economics' until 1979. Title changed to 'Philippine Review of Economics and Business' from 1980-2000, and again changed to 'Philippine Review of Economics' since 2001. Includes bibliographical references (page 26) 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 service delivery. The share of local budgets devoted to devolved functions has declined, due to creeping re-centralization of health and social welfare functions, increasing substitution of centrally controlled funds for local funds, and misplaced priorities on the part of local authorities. The missing link in ensuring better delivery of devolved services is the weak process of accountability. The electoral process failed to hold local authorities accountable for their fiscal behavior. The generation of timely, relevant, and consistent information and indices of performance is the next challenge for better local public service delivery. Such information may be used by voters in holding local authorities accountable. With the threat of a fiscal crisis due to the global slowdown, and with poverty rising, the march toward fiscal decentralization might be constrained. Between reducing poverty or deepening fiscal decentralization, policy makers are likely to choose the former. Decentralization in government Philippines. Local government Philippines. Revenue sharing Philippines. Internal revenue Philippines. The Philippine Review of Economics Vol. 49, no. 1 (June 2012), p. 9-26. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-2290 Analytics