Applied Political Economy Analysis Checklist
Source: USAID | Year: 2018
What is the purpose of the specific PEA to be conducted, and what are the questions that need to be asked?
Is the timing right to feed into design, strategy, planning, reviews or other decisions?
Who is the primary audience? Are there tensions between different audiences, and how can these be managed?
Is there sufficient budget and other resources, as well as internal buy-in and senior staff support, to get traction on the findings that will emerge from the applied PEA process and how those findings will be used to act on implications and recommendations?
Do those designing the program agree on the value of PEA and how it will inform the theory of change?
Have sufficient well-qualified staff/contractors been identified to do the PEA study.
Have you planned for how to ensure mission ownership of the findings? This includes building the support of key mission leadership, support teams (program and OAA), and the key staff of the implicated teams?
Has a plan been developed to conduct a literature review or an inception report internally or externally? Will the literature review’s author participate in the field research?
How will the analysis will be shared and disseminated, and with whom?
Is there an agreed process for continued learning after the baseline PEA?
Have indicators been developed to assess the impact of the PEA on programs and processes (i.e., uptake)?
What results are expected from reflecting PEA implications in programs and operations?
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