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Reforms in Intergovermental Transfer of Funds in the Philippines

That the release of state funds to local governments units is used as a political tool by the national elite in power is nothing new in the Philippines. What has been gaining ground is the call to amend the present formula of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) to factor in performance and/or poverty and development indicators. Read about these proposals in materials prepared by Newsbreak and the Institute for Popular Democracy.