The Philippine Commonwealth government: In search of a budgetary surplus

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

History

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Philippine Studies

Volume

51

Issue

1

First Page

96

Last Page

124

Publication Date

2003

Abstract

The performance of American rule in the last three years (1932-35) is juxtaposed with the first three (1935-38) of the Commonwealth government to discover similarities and differences between their efforts to balance the budget. The purpose of the Americans in balancing the budget was to turn over the reigns of the government to the Filipinos, while showing the badge of a successful colonial project. The purpose of the Filipinos was to measure up to American notions of measuring public-governance success in terms of balanced budgets. In the end, two questions must be asked. First, were both objectives accomplished? Second, how were these objectives accomplished?

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Disciplines

Economic History

Keywords

Revenue—Philippines; Budget surpluses—Philippines; Philippines—Economic conditions

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