Governing the ‘Golden Age of Infrastructure’: Build, Build, Build Through an Accountability Perspective

Build, Build, Build (BBB) is the ambitious P8- to P9-trillion infrastructure development program of the current Duterte administration, pledged to usher in a “golden age of infrastructure.” This paper aims to independently assess critical governance dimensions of BBB, focusing on the performance of...

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Main Authors: Cruz, Jerome Patrick D, Delgra, Carmen Phanuelle, Enriquez, Jose Miguelito, Mendoza, Ronald U
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Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/180
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3300597
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.asog-pubs-11792022-04-05T13:13:21Z Governing the ‘Golden Age of Infrastructure’: Build, Build, Build Through an Accountability Perspective Cruz, Jerome Patrick D Delgra, Carmen Phanuelle Enriquez, Jose Miguelito Mendoza, Ronald U Build, Build, Build (BBB) is the ambitious P8- to P9-trillion infrastructure development program of the current Duterte administration, pledged to usher in a “golden age of infrastructure.” This paper aims to independently assess critical governance dimensions of BBB, focusing on the performance of transparency and accountability reforms, as well as those combating corruption in infrastructural development processes. Beginning with an overview of corruption drivers and good governance reforms in infrastructure development, the paper appraises the transparency and accountability mechanisms that have been established by the current administration for BBB’s implementation. This includes investigating the effectiveness of information access procedures, through systematic exercise to request the feasibility studies of 48 flagship projects reported to have completed such studies as of mid-June 2018.All in all, access was granted to only 7 such studies, with an actual copy of the said studies only secured in a single instance. While a number of agencies have been standout performers in their responsiveness and efficacy in handling requests (i.e. the BCDA and the DOTr’s Air Transport Planning Division), most other infrastructure-related agencies have demonstrated lower responsiveness and e-FOI compliance, with more than half (29) of all requests not having been acted upon by their respective IA’s within the mandated 15-working day period. Coordination problems within and between agencies, confidentiality and trade secrecy concerns, as well as uneven and fragmented service delivery performance are underscored as major issues impeding information access to such critical public documents concerning BBB projects. 2019-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/180 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3300597 Ateneo School of Government Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo Build-Build-Build Infrastructure Governance Corruption Transparency and Accountability Public Administration Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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country Philippines
Philippines
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topic Build-Build-Build
Infrastructure Governance
Corruption
Transparency and Accountability
Public Administration
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
spellingShingle Build-Build-Build
Infrastructure Governance
Corruption
Transparency and Accountability
Public Administration
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Cruz, Jerome Patrick D
Delgra, Carmen Phanuelle
Enriquez, Jose Miguelito
Mendoza, Ronald U
Governing the ‘Golden Age of Infrastructure’: Build, Build, Build Through an Accountability Perspective
description Build, Build, Build (BBB) is the ambitious P8- to P9-trillion infrastructure development program of the current Duterte administration, pledged to usher in a “golden age of infrastructure.” This paper aims to independently assess critical governance dimensions of BBB, focusing on the performance of transparency and accountability reforms, as well as those combating corruption in infrastructural development processes. Beginning with an overview of corruption drivers and good governance reforms in infrastructure development, the paper appraises the transparency and accountability mechanisms that have been established by the current administration for BBB’s implementation. This includes investigating the effectiveness of information access procedures, through systematic exercise to request the feasibility studies of 48 flagship projects reported to have completed such studies as of mid-June 2018.All in all, access was granted to only 7 such studies, with an actual copy of the said studies only secured in a single instance. While a number of agencies have been standout performers in their responsiveness and efficacy in handling requests (i.e. the BCDA and the DOTr’s Air Transport Planning Division), most other infrastructure-related agencies have demonstrated lower responsiveness and e-FOI compliance, with more than half (29) of all requests not having been acted upon by their respective IA’s within the mandated 15-working day period. Coordination problems within and between agencies, confidentiality and trade secrecy concerns, as well as uneven and fragmented service delivery performance are underscored as major issues impeding information access to such critical public documents concerning BBB projects.
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author Cruz, Jerome Patrick D
Delgra, Carmen Phanuelle
Enriquez, Jose Miguelito
Mendoza, Ronald U
author_facet Cruz, Jerome Patrick D
Delgra, Carmen Phanuelle
Enriquez, Jose Miguelito
Mendoza, Ronald U
author_sort Cruz, Jerome Patrick D
title Governing the ‘Golden Age of Infrastructure’: Build, Build, Build Through an Accountability Perspective
title_short Governing the ‘Golden Age of Infrastructure’: Build, Build, Build Through an Accountability Perspective
title_full Governing the ‘Golden Age of Infrastructure’: Build, Build, Build Through an Accountability Perspective
title_fullStr Governing the ‘Golden Age of Infrastructure’: Build, Build, Build Through an Accountability Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Governing the ‘Golden Age of Infrastructure’: Build, Build, Build Through an Accountability Perspective
title_sort governing the ‘golden age of infrastructure’: build, build, build through an accountability perspective
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2019
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/180
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3300597
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