Devolution of Environmental and Natural Resource Management in the Philippines: Analytical and Policy Issues

Abstract

This paper is an assessment of the constraints and opportunities for capturing the gains from the devolution of environmental and natural resource (ENR) management and for engendering a more sustainable ENR management system in the Philippines. It provides a brief characterization of fiscal decentralization in the country as a result of the implementation of the Local Government Code.fiscal decentralization, devolution, local government code, environmental and natural resource management