Tag: NDRRM
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UP-NCPAG Calls for Reform as DPWH Disaster Funding Fails to Cut Flood Impacts
Overview: Money Fails to Match the Impacts Despite a steady rise in disaster-related allocations for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the Philippines continues to experience high disaster impacts, according to a policy note from the University of the Philippines’ National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG). The note emphasizes that while…
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UP-NCPAG: DPWH Disaster Funding Surges Yet Flood Impacts Persist
Background: Soaring DPWH DRR Budgets The University of the Philippines’ National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG) has raised concerns that, despite sustained and even soaring allocations for disaster risk reduction (DRR), the country continues to experience high disaster impacts. A policy note issued recently emphasizes that the Department of Public Works and Highways…