Participation using technology
A FRIEND told me that governance is
really good management, applied in the government setting.
Well, that is only halfway true,
because the government side is...
Present reality far from theory of participatory democracy
IN THEORY, democracy is really
supposed to be participatory. The Constitution and many laws are in place to
make that possible, but up to now, the...
Direct democracy via technology
DURING the ancient days of the Greek
city states, they were able to practice direct democracy, because the small
numbers of citizens made it possible for...
Refocusing on local governance
THE
BOTTOM LINE of the pork barrel issue is local governance.
In
theory, the purpose of the pork barrel is to fund local development needs that
could...
Technologies for governance
GOVERNANCE is a process that involves
both the government and the governed. In other words, in order for governance
to work, the government and the people...
Rethinking local development councils
AS THE saying goes, “You get what you
pay.”
Add to that the idiom “If you give
peanuts, you get monkeys.”
That should be our attitude towards
democracy....
Re-inventing prov’l dev’t councils
THE LOCAL Government Code (LGC)
clearly defines the functions of the Provincial Development Councils (PDCs)
aside from the functions of the Barangay Development Councils (BDCs), the
Municipal...
Climate and poverty
THERE appears to be a global shift in
the thinking about global warming.
From the previous thinking that climate
change is inevitable and that nothing can...
The cycle of poverty reduction
POVERTY reduction
is a cycle that starts with wealth creation. Or to be more precise, it starts
with livelihood generation.
Generally
speaking, livelihood generation means either opening...
Equal access to public services
I HAVE PREVIOUSLY written about a
national development framework that focuses on justice, education, wellness,
environment and livelihood (acronym JEWEL for short).
In this column, I...