What are the objectives of the LGU Portal?
The World Bank’s assistance to the Philippines is governed by a Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) prepared in consultation with the government, business groups, academic institutions, and NGOs/civil society across the country. At the same time, the Philippine CAS supports the priorities identified in the country’s Medium Term Development Plan. The objective of the current CAS is to assist the Philippine Government in reestablishing a pattern of rapid and sustained poverty reduction. This will require measures to increase economic growth and programs to improve access to basic services such as health, education, water, electricity, roads and other productive assets like land and credit that the poor need to improve their livelihoods. To realize this, the Bank has adopted a strategy of developing a closer working relationship with the level of government nearest to the people-the LGUs. The objective of the LGU Portal therefore, is to support the government’s development thrusts by facili
