00000ctm a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217613118196 Buklod 20230214004941.0 m |o d | ta 191012s xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPD-00414266041 DVAN RDA eng JS 50 V55 2009 Villena, Dominador T. Jr. author Strengthening the role of local governent units in internal security operations Dominador T. Villena, Jr. Quezon City National Defense College of the Philippines 2009. x, 69 pages 29 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Thesis (M. in Natinal Security Administration) National Defense College of the Philippines August 2009. This study presents the view that the LGU is vital in the long-term resolution of conflict, in its capacity as the capital-building government agency of first resort in communities across the republic. Where the casualty between poverty, grievance, and conflict can be analyzed to determine the dynamics at work, the LGU is in the best position to mediate solutions, in crafting and implementing effective policies aimed at improving quality of life, reducing socio-economic vulnerability, and thereby effectively decreasing the likelihood of political stability. It can only do so, however, by improving efficiency across all levels of government, with the institution of measures to ensure transparency and accountability; the minimization of opportunities for politicized programs; ensuring equal access to capital-building resources; improving targeting of beneficiaries through participative policy-making; designing effective evaluation methods for the results of programs; and reducing areas of redundancy even with the national policy of a "convergence of services". Where these mechanisms are in place, the LGU's roles a strategic instrument of counter-insurgency is made firm. Internal security Philippines Padre Burgos (Quezon Province) Local government Philippines Padre Burgos (Quezon Province) Insurgency Philippines. Thesis FI UPD DVAN JS 50 V55 2009 Thesis