This guide synthesizes lessons on why and how USAID can undertake programming for policy reform. It is based mainly on USAID’s own internal analyses, and is designed for USAID officers in several areas, most notably Democracy, Rights, and Governance, but also sectoral officers in Health, Education, Agriculture, related presidential initiatives, and other areas.
This paper is part of a set of three papers that treat the contexts, causes, and programming possibilities for decentralization in Africa:
- Decentralization in Africa: Why, When, and Where;
- Decentralization in Africa: Programming for Policy Reform;
- Decentralization in Africa: Programming Guide.