Propelling growth, managing costs : a challenge to local goverments / Letty C. Tumbaga, Marilou M. Sabado.

and Phase 1 of an international-standard airport project in rural Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental of the Cagayan-de-Oro-Iligan Growth Corridor. In presenting these disparate portraits, the book surfaces the similarities and contradictions in growth proccesses at the local level, as well as the range of local governance perspectives and responses-successful or not-in managing the costs and benefits of this growth. In doing so, Propelling Growth elaborates on the demands and dilemmas presented by growth on governance as well as the possibilities and risks for local governments in effectively managing this growth. Local government leaders, national policy makers, civil society organizations and private sector groups who aim to contribute to improving the quality of growth and governance in the country will find this book an interesting read.

commercial growth and urban poor resettlement issues in Naga City which is part of the Legaspi-Iriga-Daet-Naga Growth Corridor

Propelling Growth, Managing Costs: A Challenge to Local Governments takes a distinctive look at emerging trends and features that currently characterize growth and governance at the local level. Through in-depth, exploratory case studies of three localities, the book reveals the specific experiences of local governments, the private sector, displaced farmers and fishers, and other stakeholders grappling with the growing imperative to catalyze growth and manage its impact at the local level. The book paints three portraits of growth: the rise of power, steel and cement plants in Calaca, Batangas in the CALABARZON