Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) has affected the delivery of public services and postponed events that are crucial to maintaining social cohesion, justice, and democracy. The electoral process is one such event under threat. That said, it becomes imperative, not just in spite of the pandemic, but because of it,… Read More

The COVID 19 has brought a wide range of issues to the fore. Some of the most troubling ones, surprisingly, are not public health centered, but political in nature. In many countries, COVID-related corruption has drained public funds and enriched opportunistic leaders. In other countries, the state of emergency that COVID-19 has created has given… Read More

𝟖𝟓% 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐒: 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘’𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 As a continuing advocacy for an all of society approach in fighting the global health and economic crisis of the virus from Wuhan, Stratbase ADR Institute ran this survey on the Filipinos’ perception on private enterprises partnering with government to realize the… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute A little movie trivia: many of the creative minds behind Pixar Animated Studio’s hit film Finding Nemo were Filipino. It turns out that there are so many Filipinos working at Pixar that they even have a name for themselves, Pixnoys. They even snuck in a bit of an inside… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute Last week, our institute, Stratbase ADRi, partnered with the La Salle Institute of Governance and the International Budget Partnership to hold a virtual town hall discussion on the Philippines’ performance in the 2019 Open Budget Survey (OBS). The survey is a comparative assessment of 117 countries’ performance… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute The government has released a total of P359 billion to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Bayanihan 2, a total of P165.5 billion has been allocated, with P140 billion readily available and P25.5 billion as a standby fund. With the massive amount spent thus far for the COVID-19 response,… Read More

Over the course of the pandemic, there has been an accelerated dependence of Filipinos on digital tools and platforms for all aspects of life. Formerly face-to-face activities, including banking, health services, education, and shopping have all undergone a rapid digitization and transitioned to online platforms. In the face of a pandemic that requires social distancing,… Read More