...Heracleo D. Lagrada, Jr.; Adrian Bon B. Santiago Purpose This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of the city disaster prevention, mitigation, response, recovery, and rehabilitation practices of the local governments in Metro Manila, Philippines. Design/methodology/approach Based...

...Michael Johnston Purpose Corruption control in the Republic of the Philippines (RP) has hardly failed, but it is not (yet) a success story either. Dramatic “people power” episodes have occurred, but populism has also, at times, led to repression. Still, essential reform lessons are available...

... articles on India, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore included in this special issue of Public Administration and Policy. Findings The responses of the governments in the six countries depend on the strength of their political will in combating corruption. The responses...

...Eric Vincent C. Batalla Purpose The purpose of this article is to analyse the weaknesses of governance institutions in constraining grand corruption arising from the government procurement of large foreign-funded infrastructure projects in the Philippines. The weaknesses are revealed...