The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the urgent need for a more robust agricultural sector. Thus, this first issue of the Development Research News (DRN) for 2021 focuses on critical challenges affecting agriculture and related sectors. The banner story features the Institute’s book on irrigation, a compilation of studies that analyze the state of the country’s …
Improving water supply and sanitation is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation by 2030. This Policy Note examines the national government’s role in local water supply provision. It found that fund utilization is higher for national government initiatives than the mandated local development fund …
The national government’s role in local water supply delivery in the Philippines Read More »
Water supply and sanitation are an essential component of the country’s strategic infrastructure program under the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022. This Policy Note examined the issues in the water sector’s institutional arrangements and identified gaps and overlaps in regulation to determine whether the water sector contributes to or hinders the PDP’s attainment. The water …
Regulatory and investment coordination issues in the Philippines water sector Read More »
