Several years ago, USAID set the ambitious task of transforming itself as an agency. This large-scale reform agenda, USAID Forward, is an effort to strengthen the Agency by embracing new partnerships, investing in the catalytic role of innovation and demanding a relentless focus on results. Taken together, the reforms have formed the foundation of a new model for development; one that can represent the best of American ideals abroad, while advancing the security and prosperity of Americans at home.
USAID released the first ever USAID Forward Progress report in March 2013 highlighting the successes and challenges in reforming the Agency and delivering better, more sustainable results. Over the past two years, the reforms have touched upon every part of our work and set important, evidence-based targets for us to meet. USAID Forward hasn’t just changed the way we work; it's changed the results we can deliver. The report included a scorecard of indicators based on data. Building on our commitment to transparency, the raw data sets are now available in downloadable format. This data captures a snapshot in time of our progress at the end of 2012 and we are pleased that we've made even more progress since then. More importantly, we have created a system for regularizing this data collection into Agency systems and will make that data available o