Local Adaptations to Central Government Shortcomings: COVID-19 Responses in the Cities of Iloilo and Cebu, Philippines || Juhn Chris Espia, Weena Gera, Rosalie Arcala Hall

by ITC | Jan 26, 2022 | College of Social Sciences, Publications, Research and Academics, SDG 16

Abstract The Philippine national government’s largely ineffective response to the COVID-19 pandemic sets the context for a diversity of policy adaptations at the local level. This article focuses on the two largest metropolitan areas in the Visayan Islands, Cebu City...

Municipal Level-Democratic Dialogue Towards Empowerment and Genuine Community Development: The Municipal Talakayan Experience || Ana Leah Dungog-Cuizon

by ITC | Jan 26, 2022 | College of Social Sciences, Publications, Research and Academics, SDG 16

Abstract The “Municipal Talakayan” (Talakayan for brevity), translated in the Visayan Dialect as “Panaghisgutay” is an internal evaluation tool which brings together the local stakeholders (Municipal Inter-Agency Committee, Barangay Captains, Civil Society...

Technocratic and Deliberative Nexus in Policy Analysis: Learning from Smart City Planning in Chiang Mai, Thailand || Noe John Joseph E. Sacramento and Piyapong Boossabong

by ITC | Jan 26, 2022 | College of Social Sciences, Publications, Research and Academics, SDG 11, SDG 9

Abstract Strengthened by rigorous developments in foundational principles and methods, the technocratic-vs-deliberative debate has long lapsed in policy analysis discourse. We attempt to remedy this debate by illustrating the case of Fah Ham smart city planning in...

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT): In the Lens of Philippine Decentralization || Ana Leah Dungog-Cuizon, Cyril Bryan Cuizon, Roselle Jardin

by ITC | Jan 26, 2022 | College of Social Sciences, Publications, Research and Academics

Abstract: While there had been several initiatives aimed at evaluating the effectiveness and impact of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, not one has zeroed in on which political set-up the CCT is best compatible with. This study examined how the...

Authoritarian Values and Institutional Trust: Theoretical Considerations and Evidence from the Philippines || Ronald R. Pernia

by ITC | Jan 26, 2022 | College of Social Sciences, Publications, Research and Academics

Abstract: Studies on authoritarian values, which have mostly focused on authoritarian regimes and on democracies with spells of authoritarianism, suggest trust in public institutions. However, limited empirical evidence has been carried out in the Philippines where...

Duterte’s Tight Grip over Local Politicians: Can it Endure? || Weena S. Gera and Paul Hutchcroft

by ITC | Jan 26, 2022 | College of Social Sciences, Publications, Research and Academics

Overview: The major trend in central-local relations in the Philippines under the regime of President Rodrigo Duterte has been the capacity of the presidential palace to exert a very tight grip over local politicians—arguably the tightest since the martial-law...