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Understanding Local Government in the Philippines by LinkSter 420 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Local government in the Philippines has its roots in the colonial administration of Spain and the United States. The legal foundation for municipal governments was laid with the 1893 Maura Law which created autonomous town governments. Over the past 50 years there has been a movement for decentralization, culminating in the 1991 Local Government Code which devolved powers to local units and established a system of decentralization. The Local Government Code defines the structures, functions, powers and rela
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