USAID Guide: Strengthening Legislatures for Development Results

It provides practical advice for designing, implementing, and evaluating legislative strengthening and engagement projects. The guide covers the importance of supporting legislatures, trends in legislative programming, and how to assess the context for legislative programming. It also discusses different types of legislative projects, strategies for design and implementation, and lessons and recommendations for conducting effective projects. The guide is primarily addressed to USAID officers involved in programming decisions and draws on USAID's extensive experience and lessons learned across the international community.