USAID from the American People. ACVFA Working Group. Governing Justly and Democratically

摘要

The Framework defines the goal of governing justly and democratically as promoting and strengthening effective democracies by moving recipient states along a continuum toward democratic consolidation. Despite the Frameworks focus on strategic coherence, we are concerned about the obvious stove-piping or compartmentalizing that is evident. One cannot intervene in any one development area in isolation; economic growth or improvements in education, or gender integration, for example, are clearly linked to democracy building. USAIDs poverty reduction goal is consistent with the Agencys long history of serving the poor, and we believe that its important that a clear distinction be made between the core elements of a D&G project, and a project whose primary focus is addressing the social needs of beneficiaries.