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The Technical Publication Series
The Technical Publication Series is in many ways the cornerstone of the DG Office's publications library. Thousands of copies of these publications are downloaded each year from both our internal and external websites.
Hard copies of most of these documents can be ordered from USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse at docorder@dec.cdie.org These documents are in PDF format and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader or PDFViewer plugin for Netscape to be viewed. This software is available for free download from Adobe.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioners' Guide
(PN-ACB-895), March 1998
This guide is intended to help practitioners make informed decisions with regard to incorporating alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in rule of law programs and other conflict management initiatives. While the primary focus is on the advantages and limitations of introducing ADR within rule of law programs, the guide also discusses how ADR can advance other development objectives.
Approaches to Civic Education: Lessons Learned
(PN-ACP-331), June 2002
This document reports on lessons learned from a multi-part research investigation into USAID’s civic education programming. In order to better understand how and under what conditions civic education contributes to the development of a more active and informed democratic citizenry, USAID initiated the study to measure the impact of both adult and school-based civic education programs on participants’ democratic behaviors and attitudes.
Case Tracking and Management Guide
(PN-ACM-001), September 2001
This manual provides practical guidance on successful case tracking and management (CTM) improvement
projects. Using this manual, rule of law officers can make better-informed decisions about CTM system
improvement interventions, oversee the design of programs that achieve results, and ensure and plan -- to
the extent possible -- for long-term sustainability that would enable these programs to enhance the rule of
law. (This publication is also available in Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish.)
Civil-Military Relations: USAID's Role
(PN-ACC-887), July 1998
This report identifies areas in which USAID could contribute to civil-military relations programming, approaching the subject from a civilian vantage point and looking to broaden civil society participation. The report reviews past activities implemented with donor assistance, identifies current issues, and makes recommendations to provide a better understanding of the contributions USAID can offer in this important field.
Conducting a DG Assessment: A Framework for Strategy Development
(PN-ACH-305), November 2000
This report provides a framework for constructing donor, in particular, USAID, democracy and governance strategies. It is not a step-by-step manual on how to develop a strategy, but a guide for how to undertake the assessment process that informs the final product. This framework incorporates what researchers and practitioners have learned from comparative experience.
Decentralization and Democratic Local Governance Programming Handbook
(PN-ACH-300), May 2000
This handbook serves as a practical guide to USAID officers who are faced with the task of developing program activities in the areas of decentralization and democratic local governance. Drawing on 15 years of USAID experience in democracy promotion and on four decades of municipal development work, this publication provides a conceptual framework; guidance for choosing successful programming strategies, for selecting entry points and tactics in program design and implementation, and for mission monitoring and evaluation; and a discussion of key lessons learned and future programming issues.
Democracy and Governance: A Conceptual Framework
(PN-ACD-395), November 1998
This publication describes the Center's approach to democracy and governance assistance programs. It does so by presenting the strategic thinking underlying the DG Office's and the Agency's worldwide involvement in the areas of rule of law, elections and political processes, civil society, and governance. This publication is also meant to set the foundation for other DG Office technical publications exploring specialized democracy and governance sector subject matter.
Guidance for Promoting Judicial
Independence and Impartiality
(PN-ACM-007), January 2002
This guide seeks to promote understanding of the issues surrounding judicial independence and to assist USAID and other donors, in collaboration with their local counterparts, to design and implement programs that effectively strengthen judicial independence. The guide is based primarily on input from experts in 26 countries. The conclusions drawn from the
papers submitted by these experts were vetted in a series of roundtables, with the final results forming the
core of the guide.
(This publication is also available in Spanish.)
Handbook of Democracy and Governance Program Indicators
(PN-ACC-390), August 1998
This handbook was developed to enhance the ability of strategic objective teams - those USAID officers and their partners responsible for program management - to monitor progress in achieving planned results and use performance information to guide program implementation. The sample indicators and guidance included in this handbook reflect current thinking on measuring progress in the DG sector. USAID technical experts in Washington and in the field, NGO partners, political scientists, methodologists, and others developed this material through a two-year collaborative effort. The handbook focuses on the following four countries as field tests for indicators: Guatemala, the Philippines, Uganda, and Ukraine. The handbook offers a range of choices, including descriptions of different methodologies, types of indicators, and candidate indicators for rule of law, elections and political processes, civil society, and governance.
A Handbook on Fighting Corruption
(PN-ACE-070), February 1999
This handbook is intended to help USAID field staff make informed decisions with regard to developing anti-corruption strategies. It outlines a framework for evaluating country-specific causes and appropriate responses to corruption, and describes anti-corruption work carried out by USAID and other organizations.
Managing Assistance in Support of Political & Electoral Processes
(PN-ACF-631), January 2000
This elections manual is an update of the DG Office's Managing Democratic Electoral Assistance: A Practical Guide for USAID published in 1995. It is based on a series of studies in four key areas of assistance: political party development, elections administration, local elections, and post-elections. These studies were informed by a series of nine case studies, covering the spectrum of the assistance areas across the USAID-defined geographic regions.
Money in Politics Handbook: A Guide to Increasing Transparency in Emerging Democracies
(PN-ACR-223), November 2003
This guide is the first publication by USAID on the topic of political finance in emerging democracies. Its purpose is to increase understanding by USAID field staff, host-country political leaders, civil society organizations, and the media of the sometimes obscure and sensitive topic of political finance. It also creates awareness of the issues and benefits of open finances and suggests some practical technical assistance options that encourage the use of disclosure as a methodology for strengthening national democratic political processes.
(This publication is also available in Spanish.)
The Role of Media in Democracy: A Strategic Approach
(PN-ACE-630), June 1999
This strategic approach is intended to help USAID field staff make informed decisions with regard to programming media development activities. It analyzes a history of USAID involvement in this area and outlines lessons learned to be incorporated into future programming.
USAID Handbook on Legislative Strengthening
(PN-ACF-632), February 2000
This handbook is intended to make USAID field staff make informed decisions with regard to legislative strengthening strategies. It outlines a framework for assessing the needs to legislative bodies and designing appropriate responses to those needs, and describes legislative strengthening work carried out by USAID and others.
USAID Political Party Development Assistance
(PN-ACE-500), April 1999
This guide is intended to help USAID field staff make informed decisions with regard to developing political party development assistance activities. It analyzes a history of USAID involvement in this area and outlines lessons learned to be incorporated into future programming.
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