Partnership for growth : Philippines 2012-2015 : concept note on regulatory quality, rule of law, anti-corruption, and fiscal performance

President Barack Obama"s Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development, the Partnership for Growth (PFG) initiative provides a new framework for deepening and strengthening U.S. Government (USG) engagement with the Government of the Philippines (GPH) to promote and support broad-based economic growth as the primary development objective. Based on the results of a constraints analysis (CA) conducted by a joint USG-GPH technical team, poor governance and narrow fiscal space were identified as the chief binding constraints to more competitive, inclusive growth in the Philippines. In support of the PFG, USAID/Philippines submits concept notes which divide the CA into four inter-related themes: (1) Regulatory Quality; (2) Rule of Law; (3) Anti-corruption; and (4) Fiscal Performance. Each of these proposals provides activity descriptions, their related program mechanisms, sequencing rationale, expected impacts, and notational budgets. (Excerpt, modified)