Local matters : experience in autonomy, decentralization, and beyond / edited by Erwin A. Alampay and Gerard Martin C. Suarez.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. Celebrating 50 years -- Self-organization, self-government, self-regulation: how free can local governments be? -- Devolution and capacity-building in local policy making -- Citizen satisfaction in local government units: the case of CSIS for Dagupan -- e-Local governance: revisiting issues and challenges in the use of ICTs for citizen participation -- Section 2. Review of local government code of 1991 -- Citizen participation, transparency, and accountability in local governance: reflections on lessons learned after 25 years -- Local government boundary reform: municipal amalgamation in Japan and implications for policy in the Philippines -- Assessment of the state of decentralization and democratization for development in the National Capital Region -- Section 3. Emerging issues in decentralization -- Subnational design in federations: options for the Philippines -- Understanding barangays in the Philippines: mandates, services, issues, and areas for reform -- Assessing the disabled: assessment of local mechanisms for programs and services for persons with disabilities -- Section 4. Case studies of good local governance -- Civil society participation as a building block of good governance: the Cagayan de Oro City experience -- Practices, expectations and sustainability in Philippine sister-cities program -- Sustaining TQM in an ISO 9001: 2008 - certified Philippine local government unit: the case of Muntinlupa -- Disability-inclusive policy implementation in 7 Philippine local governments: policy, process, and program considerations -- The imperatives of peace for peace and development in the Philippines: how the Galing Pook Innovation Awardees provide hope it can be done.