Landbank Todo Unlad Strategy For Dagupan City, Philippines

AUTHOR(S)

Joseph U. Barrozo

ABSTRACT

This Management Research Resort has identified as the focal problem of Dagupan City the existence of financing and development gaps which cannot be resolved by the government alone. It is for this problem that a LandBank TODO UNLAD Strategy was formulated which was anchored on strong collaboration and partnership by development players. Such strategy- Adopt a Cooperative program- will create a mechanism for the “change agent” (LandBank, Dagupan City Branch) to undertake the collaboration and partnership with the City leadership, civic clubs, NGO/Foundation, and other private and public agencies in addressing the pre- credit and credit needs of the SMEs/Cooperatives which this research has identified to create the city’s engine for growth.
While the program strategy (Adopt a Cooperative Program) allows the TODO UNLAD linkaging, mobilization and pooling of resource among the development players, such development action emphasizes an integrated development approach to take place, so that the focused sector to be developed (SMEs/Cooperative) will be empowered, prepared and sustained to continually undertake the responsibility of joining the ranks of development prayers in providing the needed services to the residents of Dagupan City
It also creates an interplay of development financing for the city – integration and complementation – based on development projects’ for the empowered SMEs/Cooperatives for the socio- economic uplift of Dagupan City. This presents an analysis of Program/Project implementing structures, Stakeholders, potential problems and the overall management of the TODO UNLAD partnership and collaboration. The researcher believes that much remains to be done for the city’s development. While there is much development work to do, however, the study shows that there is hope for the city’s balanced development through TODO UNLAD STRATEGY.