Drivers of change

The development community increasingly recognises that effective programmes must be grounded in an understanding of the economic, social and political factors that either drive or block change within a country. The Drivers of Change (DoC) approach has emerged within the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) as a way of applying political economy analysis to the development of donor strategy.

Various DoC studies have been carried out involving in-depth, country-level analysis in order to identify the opportunities, incentives and blockages to pro-poor change in a given country. The DoC methodology seeks to identify the political institutions, structures and agents that can act as key levers to enable pro-poor change and therefore improve the effectiveness of aid.

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Where is a good place to start?

Department for International Development, 2004, 'Public Information Note: Drivers of Change', DFID, UK
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Department for International Development, 2005, Briefing Note on 'Using Drivers of Change to Improve Aid Effectiveness', Department for International Development, London
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Department for International Development, 2005, How To Note on 'Lessons Learnt - Planning and Undertaking a Drivers of Change Study', Department for International Development, London
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OECD DAC, 2005, 'Lessons Learned on the Use of Power and Drivers of Change Analyses in Development Co-operation - Final Report', OECD DAC Network on Governance (GOVNET)
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Angola

• Drivers of Change: an Overview
• Angola: Drivers of Change Position Paper 1: Economic Change and Reform
• Angola: Drivers of Change Position Paper 2: Politics
• Angola: Drivers of Change Position Paper 3: Civil Society

Bangladesh

• Drivers of Change Study (pdf 389KB)
• Summary Version: Drivers of Change Study (pdf 171KB)

Bolivia

• Bolivia's Political Party System and the Incentives for Pro-Poor Reform

Cambodia

• Cambodia Drivers of Change Study, Second Draft (pdf 802 KB)
• Inception Report: Part II, Cambodia and Vietnam (pdf 486KB)

Georgia

• Drivers of Change Study (pdf 339KB)

Ghana

• What are the drivers of change in Ghana? 
• The politics of Ghana's budgetary system  
• The middle classes and their role in national development  
• The role of traditional institutions in political change and development  
• The role of faith-based associations in political change and development  

Kenya

• Summary Report: Drivers of Change (pdf 435 KB)

Kyrgyzstan

• Analysis of Incentives and Capacity for Poverty Reduction in Kyrgyzstan (pdf 347KB) 

Malawi

• Drivers of Change and Development in Malawi
• Report on Politics of the Budget Process (pdf 347KB)

Mozambique

• Political Economy of the Budget in Mozambique (pdf 280KB)

Nigeria

• Preliminary Overview (pdf 104 KB)

Pakistan

• Synthesis and Policy Implications (pdf 519 KB)

Peru

• Alliances Against Poverty: DFID’s Experience in Peru 2000-2005 (pdf 1.35 MB)
• Peru's Political Party System and the Promotion of Pro-Poor Reform

Tanzania

• Tanzania Accountability Study Inception Report
• Understanding Patterns of Accountability in Tanzania - Budget Process
• Understanding Patterns of Accountability in Tanzania - Ethnographic Study
• Understanding Patterns of Accountability in Tanzania -  Synthesis Report

Uganda

• Uganda’s Political Economy: a Synthesis of Major Thought (pdf 811KB)

Zambia

• Drivers of Change Overview: Long Version (pdf 571KB)
• Drivers of change Overview: Short Version (pdf 246KB)

If you wish to access further information on the DoC approach or the country studies, please email Stefan Kossoff (s-kossoff@dfid.gov.uk).
 

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