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Commissioned Research

We have conducted a number of research studies on a wide-range of subjects relevant to local autonomy and decentralization and have generated varied value-added outputs like case studies, strategic assessments, technical reports, policy papers and publication materials. 

Our institutional partners are a remarkable mix of national government agencies, local government units, private sector organizations, non-government organizations and development aid agencies. Among our more recent partners are the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC), DILG’s Bureau of Local Government Supervision (DILG-BLGS), Camarines Sur Provincial Government, Population Services Pilipinas, Inc., CODE-NGO, and Management Systems International (MSI) - USAID. The diversity of our sponsors is a testament to our ability to design and deliver research products that are useful to our ultimate clients - local government institutions.

In our more than four decades of existence, we have built our confidence and competence on the following research subjects:

• decentralization and local autonomy
  
• federalism
  
• leadership and innovations
• urban governance
• capacity development
  
• service delivery e.g. agricultural extension, socialized housing, family planning
  
• systems improvement e.g. BPLS streamlining, fiscal administration
  
• transparency e.g. pro-poor local budgeting, Citizens’ Satisfaction Index System, corruption vulnerability
  
• methodology-based studies e.g. participatory action research, survey studies
  

We are also currently working towards beefing up our expertise on specialized topics like barangay justice and youth governance. 

To learn more about the specifics of these studies, see Research or Get a Book section for details.