Addressing inequality in financial resources among local government units (LGUs), improving the capacity of LGUs, and enhancing transparency and accountability are key to improving decentralization as the country starts implementing the Mandanas ruling in 2022.

The Mandanas ruling increases the share of national government tax revenues transferred to local governments.

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