Trade Facilitation in the Philippines - pilot case study

This short case study is based on the findings of a week of interviews with a range of trade facilitation stakeholders in the Philippines conducted in mid-November 2010, conducted by the EU Delegation in the Philippines with the support of an ECDPM consultant. The study was conceived as a pilot for field-testing an approach to assessing and addressing governance issues found at the level of different sectors.

The approach, developed by DEVCO and found in DEVCO Reference Document no 4, contains a number of steps, including:

 assessing the reform context

 mapping the actors (in terms of their interests, motivations, power to influence and incentives)

 assessing governance relationships between the actors in detail

 assessing reform readiness and suggesting ways of moving ‘from analysis to action’