Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative in Asia: Progress and Emerging Issues Read more about Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative in Asia: Progress and Emerging Issues The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a global standard to promote the open and accountable management of oil, gas, and mineral resources. EITI guides its 51 member countries to date on improved governance and accountability in more areas of the natural resource value chain.
Behavioural Economics and Public Policy: Nudging in the Philippines Read more about Behavioural Economics and Public Policy: Nudging in the Philippines Learn about behavioural insights. This video discusses how applying behavioral science approaches can help deliver better public policy in the Philippines.
Behavioral Economics and Public Policy: Nudging in the Philippines Read more about Behavioral Economics and Public Policy: Nudging in the Philippines Learn about behavioural insights. This presentation examines how applying behavioral science approaches can help deliver better public policy in the Philippines.
Linking Subnationals to Finance: Investing in Asia’s Urban Future Read more about Linking Subnationals to Finance: Investing in Asia’s Urban Future A financing gap on infrastructure investment exists in Asia. This presentation provides information on how the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) supports urban investment projects and contributes to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 11. Case studies developed by CDIA on India, Mongolia, and the Philippines are shared.
Corruption Risks and Anti-Corruption Strategies in Climate Financing: Good Governance Towards Integrity, Transparency, and Accountability in Achieving Objectives in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation - High-Level Event and Panel Discussion Read more about Corruption Risks and Anti-Corruption Strategies in Climate Financing: Good Governance Towards Integrity, Transparency, and Accountability in Achieving Objectives in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation - High-Level Event and Panel Discussion The Asian Development Bank, in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, and in partnership with the Office of the Ombudsman in the Philippines, organized this event to discuss how corruption and non-transparency can be most effectively addressed including how anti-corruption efforts can be integrated into measures of good governance in the fight against climate change to ensure transparent, efficient, and accountable use of climate finance for effective projects and tangible results.
Building Bridges: Conditional Cash Transfers in the Philippines Read more about Building Bridges: Conditional Cash Transfers in the Philippines This presentation provides a quick overview of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs, particularly the ultiamate goal and conditions. It highlights the experience of the Philippine government in rolling out its own CCT program called Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.
Yolanda One Year On: Progress, Hope, and Appreciation Read more about Yolanda One Year On: Progress, Hope, and Appreciation In this Insight Thursday session, Richard Bolt, Country Director, Philippine Country Office (PhCO) highlighted the progress in relief and recovery efforts one year after Typhoon Yolanda. He discussed how this progress reflected the resilience of the people affected, the unprecedented response from development partners, and Asian Development Bank’s support to the government and Yolanda affected people and communities.
Philippines: Critical Ethnography's Application in Governance – Upholding Indigenous People's Rights and Addressing Conflicts Read more about Philippines: Critical Ethnography's Application in Governance – Upholding Indigenous People's Rights and Addressing Conflicts The Philippine’s Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 recognizes, respects, and promotes four bundles of rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/ Indigenous Peoples: right to Ancestral Domain; right to self-governance and empowerment; social justice and human rights; and right to cultural integrity. Along the IPRA, identity is a critical factor for governance structures, approaches, and discourses. In the context of access to and ownership over land and resources, assertion is the manifestation of identity.
Taxing Properties and Managing Land: The Many Pathways on a Long Journey in the Philippines Read more about Taxing Properties and Managing Land: The Many Pathways on a Long Journey in the Philippines Land management and real property tax reform have at least a forty-year history in the Philippines, underlining the immense political, social, technical, and institutional challenges of reforms in this area. The Asian Development Bank-financed REGALA project and its predecessor, the AusAID-financed Innovation Support Fund (ISF), adopted an approach that combined land management, and real property tax reforms.
Social Protection Reform in the Philippines: A Virtuous Governance Circle? Read more about Social Protection Reform in the Philippines: A Virtuous Governance Circle? Pantawid Pamilya (CCT program) has become the cornerstone of social protection reforms in the Philippines. The program has five key design elements: (i) the selection of program beneficiaries based on uniform, objective, verifiable criteria; (ii) a systemic feedback mechanism for people to ask questions, suggest improvements, and lodge grievances; (iii) active citizens’ and community engagement throughout program implementation; (iv) a focus on measurable results, which are continuously monitored; and (v) strong public communication and outreach efforts.