Philippine Public Environmental Expenditure Review at National and Local Levels

Abstract

This study is a component of the Philippine Poverty Environment Initiative (PPEI), a project that links environmental management to poverty alleviation. The PPEI supports the target of both the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Program to integrate pro-poor climate and environmental concerns into development planning and economic-decision making. In pursuing such target, this study sought to analyze the allocation and management of public expenditures in the Philippines to provide key guidance to strategic planning and budget preparation and to identify ways in which to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of resource allocations. The study seeks to review the public environmental expenditures at national and local levels and analyze how they contribute to environmental and poverty outcomes. It also aims to explore the manner by which the level of environmental expenditure data could be incorporated in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTDF).