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Theories & Practicesin Local Governance

Lindsey Marie G. Arcilla-Vismanos

PA 201

Theories and Practices in Public Administration


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E-GOVERNANCE


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E-Governance

The digital revolution hasallowed government

organizations to more

effectively and efficiently

store, analyze, and retrieve

information


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E-Governance

Supports and facilitates goodgovernance for all

stakeholders

Not just about a website or

not merely a digitation of

service delivery (Fang, 2002)


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E-GovernanceBakus (2001) 4 types of service

deliveries

G2C (Government-to-Citizens)

G2B (Government-to-Business)

G2G (Government-to-Government)

Intragovernment


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E-Governance

Bakus & Asgarkhanis 5 phases ofE-Government Transformation

Information Phase

Interaction Phase

Transactional Phase

Digital Democracy

Integrated E-governance


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E-Governance Types of technologies (Snellen) in e-gov:

Data base technologies

Decision support technologies for

planning and forecasting Networking technologies, personal &

tracking technologies

Office & Multimedia technologies


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PUBLICENTREPRENEURSHIP


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Public Entrepreneurship Is fundamentally transforming

public systems & organizations to

create dramatic increase in the

effectiveness, efficiency,adaptability & capacity to

innovate in the community where

they operate (Drucker, 1996)


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Public Entrepreneurship

Local governments perceivedpublic entrepreneurship

programs as geared towards

community poverty

alleviation, administrative

reforms and business andindustry assistance


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Entrepreneuring Approaches

of LGU

as entrepreneur or producer

Engages in entrepreneurial

activities where private sector

fails to come in


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as facilitator/promoter of

entrepreneurship

Invites constituents to engage in businessin the community

Sets an environment conducive or

attractive for an economic enterprise toblossom, be nurtured and grow into


of LGU


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as both entrepreneur and

promoter


of LGU


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DECENTRALIZATION


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Decentralization

Provides for tailoring levelsof consumption to the

preferences of smaller, more

homogeneous groups (Wallis

& Oates, 1998)


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Decentralization

The Local Government Codeof 1991 is considered the

most radical and far reaching

policy that addressed the

decades-old problem of a

highly centralized politico-administrative system


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Political Decentralization

Involves the transfer of powers& responsibilities from nationalgovernment agencies to local

governments as provided for inthe Local Government Code

Components of

Decentralization in Phil. Gov.


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Fiscal Decentralization

Main objective is for theprovinces, cities & municipalities

to use their financial resources

more efficiently, generateadditional resources & tap

alternative resources

Components of



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Institutional Decentralization

Involves the harnessing of theprivate sector & NGOs in thedelivery of services through

various modalities includingcontracting out, private-publicpartnership & joint ventures.

Components of



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References: Understanding E-governance: A Theoretical Approach

Asian Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 4:29-46, October-December 2007

E-Governance in the Philippines: Insights for Policy Making

Ranjit Singh Rye (Kasarinlan, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2002)

Toward a Theory of Public Entrepreneurship

Peter G. Klein, Joseph T. Mahoney, Anita M. McGahan & Christos N. Pitelis

Entrepreneurial Approaches of LGUs in Governance: The Philippine

Experience

Amelita C. del Rosario, Ph. D., Associate Dean, UST

Public Entrepreneurship as a Local Governance Strategy in DecentralizingPolity Exemplary initiatives from the Philippines

Aser B. Javier

On the Theory and Practice of Fiscal DecentralizationWallace E. Oates

Fiscal Decentralization in the Philippines

UN HABITAT for a better urban future


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