Chapter 5 of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 targets to ensure people-centered, clean, efficient, and effective governance. By the end of the plan next year (2022), a national governance index (NGI) is envisioned to be fully developed and functional to address the call for a more context-sensitive indicator. To realize this goal, the PDP targets to improve the following governance dimensions in the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI): Control of Corruption (from baseline of 42% to PDP target of 50%); Regulatory Quality (from 53% to 60%); Government Effectiveness (from 58% to 62%); and Voice and Accountability (52% to 60%). The September 2021 WGI report revealed that as of last year (2020), actual percentile rankings for these dimensions are still below the desired PDP outcomes.
