(a) Programing
As of 2013 DFID country offices faced no corporate
requirement to conduct any kind of political analysis as part
of country planning, 9 the mandate to conduct country governance
assessments having been dropped with the introduction
of the “Operational Plan” framework for all DFID departments,
including country offices. 10 After the 2009 change of
government in the United Kingdom and subsequent ministerial
and policy changes, the operational plan model did was
not intended to present a coherent strategy so much as establish
value-for-money (VfM) in DFID operations. According
to some practitioners, the operational plans for country offices
constitute less cohesive strategies than a series of discrete proposals,
each with a separate set of achievements and indicators,
animated by an emphasis on evidence rather than
political understanding. DFID’s own interpretation of
value-for-money calls for a nuanced and mature understanding
of outcomes, theories of change, and risks (DFID,
2011b), but the drive to evaluate alternative interventions on
the basis of evidence represents a particular challenge for governance
operations (DFID, 2011a). 11 The recent introduction
of “Country Anti-Corruption Strategies” after a recommenda-
212 WORLD DEVELOPMENT
tion by the Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI,
2011) can be read less as an invitation to politically informed
programing than as a desire to increase VfM.
(a) ProgramingAs of 2013 DFID country offices faced no corporaterequirement to conduct any kind of political analysis as partof country planning, 9 the mandate to conduct country governanceassessments having been dropped with the introductionof the “Operational Plan” framework for all DFID departments,including country offices. 10 After the 2009 change ofgovernment in the United Kingdom and subsequent ministerialand policy changes, the operational plan model did wasnot intended to present a coherent strategy so much as establishvalue-for-money (VfM) in DFID operations. Accordingto some practitioners, the operational plans for country officesconstitute less cohesive strategies than a series of discrete proposals,each with a separate set of achievements and indicators,animated by an emphasis on evidence rather thanpolitical understanding. DFID’s own interpretation ofvalue-for-money calls for a nuanced and mature understandingof outcomes, theories of change, and risks (DFID,2011b), but the drive to evaluate alternative interventions onthe basis of evidence represents a particular challenge for governanceoperations (DFID, 2011a). 11 The recent introductionof “Country Anti-Corruption Strategies” after a recommenda-212 WORLD DEVELOPMENTtion by the Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI,2011) can be read less as an invitation to politically informedprograming than as a desire to increase VfM.
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