Key Technical Resources
VCA Analytical Framework Brief
The Violence and Conflict Assessment (VCA) is a structured analytical approach to help USAID and our partners better navigate the challenges of working in conflict and violence affected situations.
Trauma Informed Approaches Toolkit
A trauma-informed approach (TIA) to international development recognizes and addresses the potential for trauma and its effects on individuals and communities within development programs, ensuring that interventions are sensitive and responsive to any potentially existing trauma.
Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Kenya Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Kenya WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Kenya.
Lessons in Locally Led Development: USAID/DRG's Shifting Approach to Governance
USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance’s (USAID/DRG) long-term emphasis on locally led development has allowed staff from across its subsectors to learn a number of lessons on how to more effectively operationalize this practice over the years. Indeed, the nature of the work undertaken by the DRG Bureau makes locally-led development inextricably linked to much of its programming.
Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Columbia Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Colombia WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Colombia.
Inclusive Development Analysis
An Inclusive Development Analysis (IDA) is an analytic tool that assists in the inclusion of marginalized and underrepresented groups in policies and programming.
Lessons in Locally Led Development: USAID/DRG's Shifting Approach to Rule of Law
USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance’s (USAID/DRG) long-term emphasis on locally led development has allowed staff from across its subsectors to learn a number of lessons on how to more effectively operationalize this practice over the years. Indeed, the nature of the work undertaken by the DRG Bureau makes locally-led development inextricably linked to much of its programming. This document profiles some of the changes implemented by USAID/DRG’s Rule of Law subsector in response to these lessons. It should be noted that the lessons learned highlighted in this document should not be viewed as set in stone, keeping in mind that improving development programming is an ongoing process.
Lessons in Locally Led Development: USAID/DRG's Shifting Approach to Civil Society
USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance’s (USAID/DRG) longterm emphasis on locally led development has allowed staff from across its subsectors to learn a number of lessons on how to more effectively operationalize this practice over the years.
Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Ecuador Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Ecuador WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Ecuador.
Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Nigeria Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Nigeria WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Nigeria.
Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Kyrgyz Republic Assessment
This report discusses the results of the KR WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in the KR.
Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Honduras Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Honduras WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Honduras.
Evidence on What Works to Counter Mis/Dis/Mal-Information
This evidence review addresses one of the overarching questions in the 2021– 2023 USAID Center for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) Learning Agenda: What factors and dynamics foster— and build resilience to—the proliferation of disinformation, misinformation, and/or malinformation?
HRSM - Digital Security Framework Report (with Appendix)
The Digital Security Framework is a learning product that offers preliminary guidance intended for INGOs and other implementers who aid in HRO capacity building. Using this framework, democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) stakeholders can better plan for, evaluate, and improve digital security support in programs, given the time and resources available.
Electoral Cybersecurity: A Brief Guide for Donor Program Development
This briefing paper was developed for the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Center (DRG Center) to inform a broad audience, including USAID personnel, USAID implementing partners, and local electoral stakeholders, on cybersecurity issues and program development recommendations.
Countering Corruption SBC Two Pager
The USAID Anti-Corruption Task Force commissioned research on how social and behavior change (SBC) approaches address social norms and behaviors related to corruption and where SBC approaches can be used to improve current and future anti-corruption activities. This summary offers key take-aways from that research. More information and context can be found in the full findings and recommendations report.
HRSM - Digital Security Framework (Abridged Handout)
This framework describes three main types of digital security interventions, reflecting digital security assistance that is likely achievable based on typical award timelines in human rights programming: Emergency Interventions, Short-term Interventions, and Long-term Interventions
SBC Countering Corruption - Final Analysis Report
Drawing from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, economics, and political science, SBC is the application of theory-based approaches to address the factors that drive or enable behaviors at the individual, community, and/or societal levels. Approaches to change behaviors, attitudes, and norms are widely understood to form a critical part of efforts to counter corruption, but these approaches are currently poorly understood and underutilized. As a result, few large-scale anti-corruption initiatives have been informed by SBC insights—partly due to a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of SBC approaches for these efforts.
Civil Service Reform Guide: Fiscal Accountability and Sustainable Trade
The civil service is not only essential for a government to function but also plays a key role in supporting or undermining a government’s ability to deliver public services. It supports the very purpose of a government’s existence and forms a key part of the overall governance system.
Performance Evaluation of USAID;s Response to COVID-19 Enabled Corruption - Final Evaluation Report
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded anti-corruption (AC) programs implemented during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In particular, the study explores the degree to which USAID-funded programs adapted to corruption risks that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic and the effectiveness of these adaptations in achieving their objectives. The study uses these findings as the basis for recommendations on how USAID might adapt its AC programming during the next pandemic or comparable crisis.
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