Amid the risks posed by the global economic slowdown, the World Bank Group will help ensure that economic stability is preserved and that growth prospects are improved. The Bank will work with the government towards managing public resources more efficiently. It will help generate more revenues by improving tax administration and revenue collection. It will help ensure that public spending is targeted and transparent and that fiscal and financial risks are well managed.

List of Active Projects:
National Program Support for Tax Administration Reform   

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Quality infrastructure, a good regulatory framework for private sector participation, increased investment and employment in rural and urban development, and access to finance are necessary to improve the business climate.

To help reduce the cost of doing business, the World Bank Group will promote private investments in infrastructure, specifically roads and power, through public-private partnerships. Where the private sector is involved, the Bank will help develop transparent and stable regulatory frameworks to balance consumer and investor concerns. The Bank Group will help promote and facilitate access to affordable finance by LGUs, small farmers, and agribusiness firms to enable them to invest in micro, small, and medium enterprises. LGUs, especially the low income ones, will be assisted in increasing their own-source revenues and accessing additional sources of funds to enable them to provide services that will improve the local business environment.

List of Active Projects:
Metro Manila Urban Transport Integration Project (MMURTRIP) | Rural Power Project (RPP) | GEF Rural Power Project | Electric Cooperative System Loss Reduction Project (ECSLRP) | National Roads Improvement Management Project - Phase 2 (NRIMP2) | Second Agrarian Reform Communities Development Project (ARCDP2) | Land Administration and Management Project - Phase 2 (LAMP2) | Mindanao Rural Development Project - Phase 2 (MRDP2) | GEF MRDP2 | Support for Strategic Local Development and Investment Project (SSLDIP) | Participatory Irrigation Development Project (PIDP)

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The CAS seeks to address comprehensively the education, health, water and sanitation needs of the poor through an inter-agency and inter-governmental approach. To accelerate the delivery of services, the World Bank will work with government, development partners and civil society organizations to support scaled-up community-driven development (CDD) programs in disaster and conflict areas and in vulnerable and marginalized communities. The role of LGUs in the delivery of health and education services will be strengthened through
capacity building and performance-based incentives.

List of Active Projects:
Second Women's Health and Safe Motherhood Project (WHSMP2) | National Program Support for Basic Education (NPSBE) | Support for Basic Education Reform | National Program Support for Health Sector Reform Project | EC-Trust Fund for Health | Manila Third Sewerage Project - Phase III (MTSP3) | GEF - Supplemental Project to MTSP3 | Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) 

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The CAS supports the government’s efforts to protect the poor from sudden economic difficulties. The World Bank Group will assist the government in putting in place a national poverty targeting system and operationalizing the conditional cash transfer program. It will support efforts to enhance the impact of development programs in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao and to scale up provision of basic services and livelihood support in communities affected by armed conflict. The Bank will also help mitigate disaster- and climate change-related risks and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in key sectors.

List of Active Projects:
Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Investment Project | Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao Social Fund (ASFP) | Laguna de Bay Institutional Strengthening and Community Participation Project (LISCOP) | National Program Support for Environment and Natural Resources Management Project (NPSENRMP) | GEF - NPSENRMP 

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Helping the government strengthen public institutions is a key objective of the CAS. In line with the Bank’s country governance and anti-corruption framework, the Bank Group will promote good governance as a cross-cutting theme. It will assist the country in improving transparency, accountability, and participation at the national and local levels.

The World Bank will help strengthen core business processes and systems of national government agencies particularly in public financial management, procurement, and decentralization to sustain gains in governance reforms. It will assist in the strict enforcement of the Procurement Law and greater efficiency and transparency in the management of public finances. It will pursue capability building for local government officials and continue to encourage civil society and the academe to demand more transparency in Bank-supported programs and in the country’s own governance systems.

List of Active Projects:
Judicial Reform Support Project (JRSP) 

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