Factors Affecting the Implementation of Ra 11032 in the Local Government Context

This study aims to identify the factors that influence the implementation of RA11032 also known as Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018 in local government offices across the municipalities of Davao del Norte. It seeks to evaluate drawbacks of this implementation for enhanced and effective policies that stimulate economic growth in Davao del Norte and provide recommendations for optimized policy execution. To gather the required data, an exploratory sequential mixed-methods approach was utilized. Interviews were conducted with 7 participants in the qualitative phase followed by a survey of 140 participants in the quantitative phase. Moreover, to determine the number of variables and validate the structure of the instrument, exploratory factor analysis was utilized. After the analysis of 7 transcripts, the findings identify 40 salient statements from the qualitative data analysis and 7 factors from the quantitative data analysis. These factors are administrative and service delivery inefficiencies, transparency and accountability issues, standardization and modernization, external and political constraints, infrastructure and technology limitations, client-focused digital efficiency, document and compliance burden, and policy and process reform. Furthermore, the study unfolded the underlying factors affecting the implementation of RA 11032 in the local government context, revealing several critical dimensions. The study suggests that future research may use the identified factors and dimensions developed by this study to analyze the execution of RA 11032 to establish a validated instrument regarding policy implementation in the local context.

RA11032, Local Government, Exploratory Sequential Mixed-Methods, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Philippines

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