Policy series no. 7 -- The Problem and Its Setting -- Past IRA Dependency -- IRA in the Local Government Code of 1991 -- Summation of Past and Present IRA Objectives -- Study Content -- The Theory on Allotment -- Why Are Allotments Given -- Allotment Policy Implications -- The Impact of the New Allotment System on Local Government Finance -- Introduction -- Trends and Patterns in Allotment Distribution -- Effects of Altered Weights in the New Allotment Scheme -- Allotments and Equity -- Net Transfer of Resources to Local Governments -- Fiscal Stimulation Options to Explors -- Exploration No. 1: Netting Out the Costs of Devolved Functions -- Exploration No. 2: Treating Metro Manila Municipalities as Independent Cities in the Distribution of Allotments -- Exploration No. 3: Improving the
Allotment Formula

Policy series no. 8 -- I. Introduction -- Objective of the Paper -- II. An Overview of the Health Policies and Some Case Studies at the Local Level -- A. Philippine Health Policies -- B. Delivery of Health Service at the Local Level: Some Case Studies -- 1. The Case of Kalookan City Government -- 2. Delivery of Local Health Services by a -- Non-Governmental Organization in Kalookan City -- 3. The Bulacan Provincial -- Children's and Maternity Hospital -- C. Summary -- II. An Overview of Educational Policies and Some Case Studies at the Local Level -- A. Philippine Education Policies -- B. Delivery of Educational Service at Local Level: Some Case Studies -- 1. The Kalookan City Polytechnic College -- 2. The Kalookan Manpower Training Center -- 3. The Provision for Social Services: The Experience of Non-Governmental Organizations in Kalookan City -- 3.1 Project AKAPAN 3.2 The Learning Center of the Salvation Army -- 4. Pulonggubat Elementary School Kindergarten class -- C. Summary -- IV. Conclusion and recommendation -- Notes