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100			_aBuendia, Rizal G
245			_aDecentralization and development administration in a unitary state: empowerment and development for whom?
520			_aThe concept of decentralization involves two features: political, whereby power and authority are devolved from the central government to the local governmental units (LGUs): and administrative, whereby functions of the national line agencies are deconcentrated to regional and field units. To date, decentralization has managed to find its place in the rhetorics of the Constitution. Its actural implementation, however, continues to face social, political and economic barriers inherent in a unitary, highly centralized, bureaucratic, and paternalistic government system. The existence of rigid national guidelines (i.e., planning and finance) and the subjection of LGUs to direct supervision from the central offic
650			_a Development Administration
650			_a Local Government
650			_aDecentralisation - Philippines
773			_aPhilippine Journal of Public Administration
909			_a21975
999			_c21975 _d21975