ISSUES and CHALLENGES OF

LOCAL GOVERMENT
Presenter: John Paul C. Leabres
ISSUES and CHALLENGES OF LOCAL
GOVERMENT

1. “The Problematic of
the Absorptive
Capacities of LGUs
has not Matched the
Demands of
Responsibilities
Entrusted by the
Code.” -Danilo de la
Rosa Reyes (DPA)
ISSUES and CHALLENGES OF LOCAL
GOVERMENT
2. Unequal and
Biased Sharing
of Wealth-Eddie
G. Dorotan, MD,
MPA Jay A.
Carizo
ISSUES and CHALLENGES OF LOCAL
GOVERMENT
3.Many Local
Governments
Continue to be
Dependent on
their Shares of
the Internal
Revenue
Allotment.
ISSUES and CHALLENGES OF LOCAL
GOVERMENT
4. Performance
indicators and
benchmarks for good
governance are an
emerging concern for
governance in general
and local governance in
particular.
ISSUES and CHALLENGES OF LOCAL
GOVERMENT
• Leadership played a
critical role in
initiating and
sustaining
transformation
across the LGUs.-
Mendiola Teng-
Calleja
ISSUES and CHALLENGES OF LOCAL
GOVERMENT

LDC
1. Many local special bodies have not been
convening regularly (Brillantes 2003)
2. 75% of LDCs are inactive
(Garganera 2004)
3. One of the factors behind the poor local
planning in the Philippines (Gotis 2008)
 Issues and Challenges
LHB
De-centralization or re-centralization?

“LSB seems well represented; but in reality

most of them are not functioning well”
-Former DILG Sec Jessie Robredo
The Poverty
Incidence
has not been
contained.
 Issues and Challenges
According to
Kenichi NISHIMURA
Associate Professor, Center for International Education and
Exchange
Osaka University, Osaka, JAPAN
(How People’s Participation is Realized in the Philippine
Local Governments: An Empirical Study on the Local
Development Council)
 Issues and Challenges
Danilo de la Rosa Reyes
Journal of Politics and Governance
Vol.6, Special Issue, September –
December, 2016
(Issues and Problems in Decentralization
and Local Autonomy in the Philippines: A
Preliminary Assessment of Impact and
Challenges)