Decentralized projects call for a better PPMS. The scattered nature of investments throughout Mindanao created substantial management challenges of reporting and data management. The disparity and decentralized nature of the subprojects should have made it imperative that the project implement a web-based project performance monitoring system (PPMS) instead of employing traditional narrative reporting methods. A web-based PPMS would have facilitated management and supervision. It proved advantageous that LBP had offices in many LGUs or in their subregions, and that the DILG had local officers in all LGUs and was thus able to offer hands-on support for subproject implementation, but did little to support central data management. Collaboration between local DILG officers and LBP lending center staff varied.
Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector Project