00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862388022 Buklod 20210222112713.0 m | | ta 210604s2012 xx r |||| u|eng d 16551516 (iLib)UPBAG-00039347511 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-2292 Hutchcroft, Paul D. author. Re-slicing the pie of patronage the politics of the internal revenue allotment in the Philippines, 1991-2010 Paul D. Hutchroft. [Quezon City] School of Economics, University of the Philippines 2012. pages 109-134 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume 2rdacarrier 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 (pages 131-133) Of all the provisions of the 1991 Philippine Local Government Code, none has generated more contention than the internal revenue allotment (IRA)?through which 40 percent of national internal revenues are to be shared with local governments. The stated goal is to enable provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays to assume the responsibilities devolved to them in the code. For all the celebrated talk of promoting local autonomy and instituting fiscal decentralization, however, the IRA is also very much a story about the enhanced access of local politicians to patronage resources. This analysis surveys the political dynamics of the IRA from its inception through the administrations of Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Particular attention is given to three tensions as they have evolved over time: (a) between the national executive and local politicians, (b) between national legislators and local politicians, and (c) among and within categories of local politicians. Intergovernmental fiscal relations Philippines. Revenue sharing Philippines. Internal revenue Philippines. Decentralization in government Philippines. The Philippine Review of Economics Vol. 49, no. 1 (June 2012), p. 109-134. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-2292 Analytics