MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order transferring some executive functions to local government units.
Under Executive Order No. 38, the President ordered all department secretaries and agency heads to review their respective mandates guided by the following principles:
-Public services with little or no benefit spillover are best administered and financed by lower-level governments
-The provision of public goods and services that involve economies of scale is best assigned to higher levels of government
-Functions related to the redistributive role of government should be best assigned to the national government
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