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Economic Analysis of Investment Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

25 August 2017
Kee-Yung Nam shares his insights towards developing a common understanding of economic analysis methodologies and applications to evaluate the rationale, purpose and justification of investment projects.

Capacity Development for Growth and Poverty Reduction in Mindanao and Bangsamoro: A Medium- to Long-Term Approach

11 August 2017
With its abundant natural resources, the second largest island of Mindanao has the potential to contribute more to the development of the Philippines. Poor capacity, institutional weakness, and ineffective service delivery, however, hinder the effective implementation of local development plans and…

Governance HUBS: Higher Education Institutions as Catalysts for Sustainable Local Development and Stronger Local Democracies

8 August 2017
Through the Governance Host Universities Bridging Services (G-HUBS), UNDP in 2016 began assisting the Department of Education Philippines in delivering the Kinder to Grade 12 Basic Education Program. Led by universities working together with civil society organizations and other local institutions…

Making All Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development

7 August 2017
Committed to the values and principles of open government, the Making All Voices Count (MAVC) initiative bridges the top-down and bottom-up approaches in connecting governments with their citizens; brings civil society organizations together to enable, amplify, and channel citizen voices to secure…

Participatory Budgeting in the Philippines

7 August 2017
In the Philippines, bottom-up budgeting (BUB) served as the foundation to build evidence based on the key challenges and possible means in addressing issues related to strengthening local governance and service delivery. This presentation shares what worked, what didn’t, and the recommended actions…

Open Government Initiatives for Service Delivery: An Assessment

7 August 2017
By conducting an assessment of open government initiatives that improve public service delivery, this presentation aims to (i) create case studies of open government initiatives in select Asia-Pacific countries for improving service delivery; (ii) identify and organize results of the open…

Assistance to Disadvantaged Municipalities

7 August 2017
Assistance to Disadvantaged Municipalities, a program of the Government of the Philippines, provides a "catch-up mechanism" to assist municipal governments in increasing citizens' access to basic facilities and ensures participation of civil society organizations in local governance. Implementation…

Presentation: RiceUp Mobile Application

1 August 2017
RiceUp is a mobile application that connects farmers with producers or suppliers, including produce profile and information.

Using ICT for Development to Engage Stakeholders

31 July 2017
Building ways to provide feedback when crowdsourcing data can lead to improvements in underlying applications or surveys; stakeholders are shifted from just users of information to creators of relevant content and technology. This report, through selected case presentations, shares key findings on…

Metro Manila’s Water Public-Private Partnership: Take-aways of a Regulator

11 July 2017
Joel Yu, chief regulator of the Philippines' Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS-RO) shared lessons gained from implementing public-private partnerships (PPP). He cited several issues and regulatory challenges the MWSS-RO encountered, as well as the ways the office…