Strengthening Institutions for Urban and Metropolitan Management and Service Delivery : Philippines Urbanization Review Policy Notes
This policy note discusses strengthening institutions for urban and metropolitan management and service delivery and is part of a broader Philippines urbanization study. Strong institutions are critical to the effective management of cities, the de...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/931371495809283076/Strengthening-institutions-for-urban-and-metropolitan-management-and-service-delivery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27143 |
| Summary: | This policy note discusses strengthening
institutions for urban and metropolitan management and
service delivery and is part of a broader Philippines
urbanization study. Strong institutions are critical to the
effective management of cities, the delivery of efficient
urban services and infrastructure, and the establishment of
an enabling environment for business and job creation.
Strong institutions are needed to design and support
policies for land and housing markets, raise and equitably
redistribute revenues, and promote a safe and sustainable
urban environment both at the national and local levels. A
number of underlying institutional and governance issues at
national and metropolitan levels in the Philippines stand
out as binding constraints which have limited the country
from optimizing the benefits of urban development. Even as
the share of the national population living in urban areas
has expanded to around 50 percent, urbanization in the
country has never been guided by a comprehensive urban
development policy supported by a clearly defined
institutional framework. Institutional fragmentation among
various oversight and sectorial agencies at the national
level has exacerbated the weak institutional environment for
urban development. The continuing expansion and population
growth of urban areas throughout the country heightens the
urgency for adopting comprehensive urban policy and
institutional reforms that will enable the country to
harness the benefits of urban development and mitigate
negative externalities. There are a number of key challenges
related to governance and institutions that are hampering
successful urbanization: (i) absence of a comprehensive
national urban policy; (ii) absence of a lead agency for
urban development; (iii) weaknesses in the fiscal
decentralization framework; and (iv) metropolitan
fragmentation and weak mechanisms for inter-jurisdictional coordination. |
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