Advancing Philippine Competitiveness (COMPETE) Project

The Advancing Philippine Competitiveness (COMPETE) Project is a four-year, Php774.5 million ($18.9 million) project began in October 2012. COMPETE assists the Philippines to improve its competitiveness to attain higher levels of trade and investment.

To this end, the Project will provide technical assistance to enhance the regime for infrastructure provision, improve productivity in key industries, and increase access to credit. COMPETE is a USAID/Philippines project under the Partnership for Growth (PFG), a White House initiative.

The PFG represents a partnership between the Philippines and the United States to promote broad-based and inclusive growth. The U.S.

Government is working with the Government of the Philippines, the private sector and civil society organizations to help put the Philippines on an accelerated growth trajectory that benefits the majority of its population.