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2. INSUFFICIENT FUNDS OF LGUs TO CREATE AN<br />

ENRO & IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS<br />

According to Section 284 of <strong>the</strong> Local Government Code of <strong>the</strong><br />

Philippines (RA 7160), Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) is a local<br />

government’s share of revenues from <strong>the</strong> national government. It is<br />

largely based on land area and population. LGUs also derive revenues<br />

from local sources.<br />

• Typically, <strong>the</strong> IRA for municipalities account for 90% of total<br />

revenues. Since cities have more sources of local<br />

revenues, <strong>the</strong>ir IRA ranges from 50-70% of <strong>the</strong> total revenues.

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