South Asia Governance, Finance and Trade Division (SAGF)
Asian Development Bank
P.O. Box 789
0980 Manila, Philippines

• Pakistan: Punjab Resource Management Program
• Pakistan: Balochistan Resource Management Program
• Afghanistan: Fiscal Management and Public Administration Program

• Local Budgets and Local Budgeting by Tomas, E Jr., Conjuncture February 1999.
• Participatory Budgeting by Estrella, M., Conjuncture February 1999.
• Civil Society Participation in Local Budgeting by Tomas, E Jr., IPD Work in Progress, forthcoming.
• Local Government Finance: Issues and Problems by Tomas, E Jr., IPD Work in Progress, forthcoming.
• Analytic Tools for Budget Monitoring by Esguerra, J., Paper for Local Budget Monitoring Workshop, January 21-22, 1999 Quezon City.
• Pork Barrel Problems by Igaya, G., Conjuncture, October 1998.
• On Intergovernmental Transfers: Examining the Internal Revenue Allocation Formula by Igaya, G., Conjuncture August 1998.
• The Politics of the Philippine Budgetary Process by Tomas, E Jr., IPD Political Brief January 1998.

• Yearly analysis of the budget. Audience includes progressive public officials and specifically through the Representative of the Citizen's Action Party and the media.
• We are in the process of designing modules for governance at the barangay level (village-level government), which includes development planning and budgeting.
• We are also a member of a consortium of non-government organizations who are participating in the reform of the local government code, which will have a significant impact on finance and budget matters for local governments.