Abstract:
With a population of approximately 83 million spread over 800 inhabited islands and comprising diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, the Philippines is organized as a multi-tiered unitary government. Subnational jurisdictions are conferred autonomy through constitutional and statutory provisions. The nation is divided into 15 administrative regions and one autonomous region, the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). With the exception of ARMM, regions house deconcentrated administrative units of the national government and do not have elected bodies. Article X of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines confers general grants of "local autonomy" to provinces, cities, municipalities and ba rangays, within "prescribed powers" and with the president exercising "general supervision." Article X provides for an outline of governance structures (such as term limitations and lengths), but Congress establishes the local representational details and functional authority, and prescribes local own source revenue (OSR) powers and vertical tax sharing entitlements
Info
| Source Institution | World Bank |
| Source URL | http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPHILIPPINES/Resources/WB-ADB-Decentralization-Final.pdf |
| Page Count | 69 |
| Place of Publication | Pasig City |
| Original Publication Date | March 31, 2005 |
| Tags | Annual Report, Decentralization, Finance, Financing |