Baseline study on the state of devolution in the (Pre-Mandanas) Philippines

Local government unit devolved basic services for municipalities and provinces

Social Welfare: Social welfare programs and projects on:

• Child and youth welfare

• Family and community welfare

• Women’s welfare

• Welfare of women, elderly, and persons with disabilities

• Rehabilitation programs for vagrants, beggars, street children, scavengers, juvenile delinquents, and victims of drug abuse

• Livelihood and other pro-poor projects

Health: Health services which include programs and projects on:

• Primary healthcare

• Maternal and child care

• Communicable and non-communicable disease control

• Access to secondary and tertiary health services

• Purchase of medicines, medical supplies, and equipment

• Nutrition and family planning services

Agriculture:

Agriculture extension and on-site research services and facilities related to agriculture and fishery activities which include:

• Dispersal of livestock and poultry, fingerlings, and other seeding operation of demonstration farms

• Improvement of local distribution channels

• Inter-barangay irrigation systems

• Enforcement of fishery laws

• Fish ports

Environment

• Implementation of community-based forestry projects

• Management and control of communal forests with an area not exceeding 50 square kilometers

• Establishment of forest development projects

• Solid waste disposal system or environmental management system

Disaster Risk Reduction

• Disaster prevention and mitigation

• Disaster preparedness

• Disaster rehabilitation and recovery

Infrastructure:

Infrastructure facilities including:

• Municipal roads and bridges

• School buildings

• Health centers and facilities

• Communal irrigation

• Small water impounding projects

• Rainwater collectors and water supply systems

• Seawalls, dikes, drainage, and sewage

• Flood control

• Health facilities for general hygiene and sanitation