Theories & Practices in Local Governance

Lindsey Marie G. Arcilla-Vismanos PA 201 Theories and Practices in Public Administration

E-GOVERNANCE

E-Governance The digital revolution has allowed government organizations to more effectively and efficiently store, analyze, and retrieve information

E-Governance Supports and facilitates good governance for all stakeholders Not just about a website or not merely a digitation of service delivery (Fang, 2002)

E-Governance
Bakus (2001) 4 types of service deliveries
G2C (Government-to-Citizens) G2B (Government-to-Business) G2G (Government-to-Government) Intragovernment

E-Governance
Bakus & Asgarkhanis 5 phases of E-Government Transformation Information Phase Interaction Phase Transactional Phase Digital Democracy Integrated E-governance

E-Governance
Types of technologies (Snellen) in e-gov: Data base technologies Decision support technologies for planning and forecasting Networking technologies, personal & tracking technologies Office & Multimedia technologies

PUBLIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Public Entrepreneurship
Is fundamentally transforming public systems & organizations to create dramatic increase in the effectiveness, efficiency, adaptability & capacity to innovate in the community where they operate (Drucker, 1996)

Public Entrepreneurship Local governments perceived public entrepreneurship programs as geared towards community poverty alleviation, administrative reforms and business and industry assistance

Entrepreneuring Approaches of LGU

as entrepreneur or producer Engages in entrepreneurial activities where private sector fails to come in

Entrepreneuring Approaches of LGU

as facilitator/promoter of entrepreneurship
Invites constituents to engage in business in the community Sets an environment conducive or attractive for an economic enterprise to blossom, be nurtured and grow into

Entrepreneuring Approaches of LGU

as both entrepreneur and promoter

DECENTRALIZATION

Decentralization Provides for tailoring levels of consumption to the preferences of smaller, more homogeneous groups (Wallis & Oates, 1998)

Decentralization The Local Government Code of 1991 is considered the most radical and far reaching policy that addressed the decades-old problem of a highly centralized politicoadministrative system

Components of Decentralization in Phil. Gov.

Political Decentralization Involves the transfer of powers & responsibilities from national government agencies to local governments as provided for in the Local Government Code

Components of Decentralization in Phil. Gov.

Fiscal Decentralization Main objective is for the provinces, cities & municipalities to use their financial resources more efficiently, generate additional resources & tap alternative resources

Components of Decentralization in Phil. Gov.

Institutional Decentralization Involves the harnessing of the private sector & NGOs in the delivery of services through various modalities including contracting out, private-public partnership & joint ventures.

References:
Understanding E-governance: A Theoretical Approach Asian Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 4:29-46, October-December 2007 E-Governance in the Philippines: Insights for Policy Making Ranjit Singh Rye (Kasarinlan, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2002) Toward a Theory of Public Entrepreneurship Peter G. Klein, Joseph T. Mahoney, Anita M. McGahan & Christos N. Pitelis Entrepreneurial Approaches of LGUs in Governance: The Philippine Experience Amelita C. del Rosario, Ph. D., Associate Dean, UST Public Entrepreneurship as a Local Governance Strategy in Decentralizing Polity Exemplary initiatives from the Philippines Aser B. Javier On the Theory and Practice of Fiscal Decentralization Wallace E. Oates Fiscal Decentralization in the Philippines UN HABITAT for a better urban future

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