The Never Ending Democratization of the Philippines 97 for the Millennium Development Goals states that our GNP grew at an average of 5% from 2000-2009. The Fifth Progress Report on the MDG notes the slight increase of the average GNP to 5.2% (Fifth Progress Report on the MDG, 2014). In spite of the high economic growth, reducing poverty had been slow, and inequality in incomes had been high (Celia M. Reyes, et al. 2012 cited in Ibid.). The government report also says that the country's achievements in regard to the MDG are mixed. The probability of attaining goals 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 in 2015 is low. While the probability of attaining goals 3, 4, and 6 is high. The Philippine Human Development Network, in its 2008/2009 report, has focused on the role of institutions in describing and explaining why the country's development has been nearly static in spite of reform programs undertaken by the government. One senses from the report an exasperation over the state of human development in the country. It aptly describes the government efforts as “reforms that don't transform”. The report stresses the principal role of political institutions in the push for development: Greater progress in human development, therefore, requires one to focus on rules and norms that affect the performance of government organizations or agencies. The most important of those rules and norms that directly motivate government employees, that determine the level and management of agency funds, and that enforce other rules, provide checks and balances, and exact accountability. (Philippine Human Development Report 2008/2009: 10). The above recommendations of the Philippine Human Development Network are signicant in pursuing the country's development. However, my study focuses on the actual executive-legislative-judicial interactions that show how the executive hegemony dominates the other branches of government. This dominance has weakened horizontal accountability making the employment of delegative authority virtually unchecked. Moreover, my study emphasizes the transparency and controllability aspects of accountability rather than the answerability aspect which is very challenging because of the strict procedural requirements of due process. This study believes that horizontal transparency and controllability would help attain answerability or to exact accountability. It is to be hoped, therefore, that this study will contribute to the policy thrusts of the Human Development Network. In regard to the perennial problem of poverty, the National Economic and Development Authority recommends that “the government's anti-poverty strategy must focus on agriculture and rural development through asset reforms (agrarian reform, urban land reform and ancestral domain reform) accompanied by reforms in the agricultural sector, such as investments in productivity improvements and supporting infrastructure. The government also should address; (a) poor governance of support services, e.g., lack of accountability (Fertilizer scandal)” (Philippine Mid-Term MDG Report 2007: 212).