June 8, 2016: A Contemporary Look at Local Development and Local Governments in The Philippines
Dr. Aser Javier from UPLB gave us a lecture about updated information and discussion on local development and govenance in the Phillipines. His talk started with introduction about background of local situation in the Philippines. Then Dr. Aser applied Structured Contingency Theory to his talk regarding practices of local development and local government. Dr. Aser also provided detailed explanation about outcomes of these practices by LGUs. The session closed with an interactive Q & A between Dr. Aser and participants.