Institutional and organizational development [ID/OD] : R4 data analysis for annual performance report FY2000 -- executive summary

The analysis covers 63 countries and central programs that submitted the FY 2003 Results Report and Resource Requests (R4) report and an institutional development annex. Also reviewed in preparing this report were FY 2003 R4 narrative reports of selected countries with several ID/OD intermediate results. Analysis shows that the ID/OD interventions reported largely focused on: (1) governance, 42% (15% on sectoral policy reform and 27% on other governance areas, such as constituency building, national leadership, and decentralization; (2) private-sector-led growth, 25% (19% private-sector policy, and 6% other private-sector interventions, including income-generating activities, access to markets, and micro-, small- and medium-enterprise growth); (3) service delivery capacities, 14%; and (4) management capacities, 7%. The remaining 12% comprise ID/OD interventions in categories unrelated to capacities, including direct financial support for projects. Based on the FY 2000 data submitted by operating units worldwide, the analysis examined three hypotheses: (1) ID/OD support is systematically programmed in the results frameworks for most USAID operating units; (2) ID/OD support systematically cross-cuts the Agency"s strategic goals in operating units" programs; and (3) ID/OD support is provided to all three economic sectors -- the public sector, private for-profit sector, and non-profit sector -- consistent with program objectives. Findings of the analysis support all three hypotheses. In reference to the third, however, a more balanced approach regarding the three economic sectors should be explored. The disparity in public sector and private for-profit sector involvement in interventions is of concern, given the urgent need to mobilize private sector growth. Further, since simultaneous involvement of all three sectors is evident in only 20% of ID/OD interventions, opportunities to support tri-sector coalitions in interventions could be explored for cross-sectoral cooperation, national ownership, and sustainability. USAID"s comparative advantage appears to be in linking micro-level activities to macro-level policy interventions, developing the capacities of civil society organizations and NGOs to multiply the impact of the Agency"s development assistance, and facilitating strategic partnerships to support and augment the foundation of its ID/OD interventions.