For nearly two decades, ABA ROLI has focused on improving court efficiency, increasing business sector confidence, combating corruption, advancing human rights, and expanding access to justice in the Philippines. By continuously working with a broad coalition of local partners—including the Supreme Court, the Philippine Judicial Academy, the Department of Justice, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the Public Attorney’s Office, universities, law schools, and a spectrum of civil society organizations—ABA ROLI is building local capacity to champion and uphold the rule of law. In 2017, the 2012 Partnership for Growth (PFG) Agreement evolved to become the "Partnership for Growth with Equity." This change emphasizes the U.S. government's support to the following goals of the Philippine government: enhancing the social fabric, reducing inequality and bolstering growth potential, which are in line with the Zero to Ten Point Socioeconomic Agenda and the 2017-2022 Philippine Development Plan. A main objective of the agreement is progress toward a more transparent, predictable, and consistent legal and regulatory regime and strengthening the rule of law—an objective that ABA ROLI continues to strive to meet.