Innovation and excellence : understanding local governance in the Philippines / Alex B. Brillantes and Karl Emmanuel V. Ruiz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Decentralization, devolution, and development in the Philippines -- Local governance and NGOs in the Philippines: issues and concerns -- Global forces and local governments in the Philippines: challenges and responses -- Doing things differently: innovation at the local level -- What makes excellent local leaders: the local government leadership awards -- Toward the development of indicators for good local -- Phronetic leadership in a crisis: best practices of selected Filipino local leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Locally originated metropolitan governance: the Philippines' BLISTT (Baguio, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba, and Tublay) -- and Indonesia's Kartamantul (Yogyakarta, Sleman, and Bantul) -- Issues and concerns about decentralization in some Asian countries: an indicative picture -- An agenda for reform -- Appendix A. Summary of issues and challenges in local governance -- Appendix B. Federalism: the next logical step after devolution? -- Appendix C. LGU fiscal dependency by province -- Appendix D. LGU fiscal dependency by city -- Appendix E. LGU fiscal dependency by municipality -- Appendix F. Finally, for whatever it is worth ... reflections on the bureaucracy.