The committees that make PPP decisions in successful countries have a value-for-money ethos, viewing PPPs primarily as a way to increase the total value of services to the public, and not as a substitute for public finance. For example, in the Philippines, the National Economic Development Agency (NEDA) presents all relevant information to a powerful committee of ministers (including the Department of Finance and the sector ministry), who decide simultaneously on whether a project should go ahead, whether it should be a PPP, and what fiscal support it should be allocated.