The Government of the North WestFrontier Province requested, in the spring of 2007, aneconomic growth policy note as a follow up to the ProvincialEconomic Report of December 2005. The provincial governmentwas in particular interested in analysis at the industrylevel of key industries with high growth potential, and ajoint decision was quickly made to study the value chain ofthree industries; horticulture, furniture, and gems andjewelry. In addition to studying constraints to growth atthe sector level, the intent has been to also have anin-depth analysis of the provincial investment climate in achapter on crosscutting constraints. This would draw on datafrom the survey that would form the basis for the SecondInvestment Climate Assessment to be produced by the WorldBank. The data from this survey has been delayed, so thecrosscutting section of this policy note with the investmentclimate analysis will be presented in a follow up version ofthe policy note in the last quarter of 2008. Volume 1 is themain report, and Volume 2 consists of annexes.