WORLD BANK
[List of Governance Projects]

The World Bank has indicated that it intends to work closely with the Philippine government in the implementation of jointly selected activities in its anticorruption and governance improvement programs; to maintain regular dialogue with government and other stakeholders on progress being made on the overall government improvement agenda; and to ensure that Bank-assisted activities in the Philippines demonstrate good governance. In consultation with the government and civil society, the following main activities have been selected for Bank assistance during the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) period (1999-2002):

• •improving financial, corporate, and public sector governance through a number of regulatory and legislative reforms;
• reforming procurement and financial management systems in the Departments of Health, Education, and Public Works and Highways;
• •strengthening local government and supporting decentralization;
• involving civil society as a partner in design, delivery, and monitoring of Bank assisted policies and programs;
• •helping the government design and implement its anticorruption programs, particularly reducing corruption in the Customs and Internal Revenue Bureaus, and
• increasing the capacity of COA; and
• •improving governance in Bank-financed projects.