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