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Childcare infrastructure more effective than cash handouts in raising birthrate

Local governments have been scrambling to expand childbirth grants to tackle the nation s falling fertility rate, but a recent report suggests that expanding childcare facilities and services could be more effective in raising the rate. Korea s total fertility rate was 0.78 last year, breaking the country s own record for the world s lowest rate.

12th annual Municipal Finance Conference

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Trainings, seminars to help prepare LGUs for devolution: DBM

Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Budget Management (DBM) will be holding various capacity-building, trainings, and seminars to help prepare local government units (LGUs) for the devolution of functions to localities. In a recent interview, DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman expressed optimism that these among other measures will enable LGUs to assume their devolved functions by 2027. "Gagawa po tayo ng capacity building, training, at seminar sa ating mga LGUs para po matulungan sila- para po by that time na magkaroon po tayo ng full devolution ay kaya na po nilang tumayo sa sarili nilang mga paa (We will do capacity building, training, and seminars in our LGUs to help them - so that by the time we have full devolution, they will be able to stand on their own feet)," Pangandaman said. She said the DBM would be implementing a program for procurement, proper planning, proper identification of projects, and imp

County Commission approves multiple resolutions