Evaluation : ProDecentralization III program final performance evaluation
2018Spanish | EnglishEvaluated project title: ProDecentralization III (ProDes) Government reformCODE: 527; Peru
Metadata
- Authors
- Escaffi, Jose Luis | Guevara, Susana | Sandoval, Mercy | Carranza, Marcel | Reto, Tomas
- Contract/Code
- AID-527-C-13-00002 | AID-527-C-12-00002
- Institution
- 40772 - Partners for Global Research and Development, LLC (PGRD) 8591 USAID. Mission to Peru
- Keywords
- Accountability | Decentralization | Governance | Institutional sustainability | Life skills | Public administration | Transparency | Value chains JB30 Political development (966.0) | Population surveys (54.0) | Reproductive health care (54.0)
- ID
- PA00TCP2
- File size
- 3572 KB
- Source
- Open PDF
The objective of USAID's ProDescentralization III (ProDes) program (October 2012 - October 2017)
was to strengthen decentralized management in five departments of the Amazon to improve the
provision of public services in the environment, health and education for the marginalized population.
This final evaluation answers three questions related to the results, their design and the pending policies
in decentralized management. A qualitative methodology was used.
The Program provided technical assistance based on a diagnosis of the service route, with the
participation of local stakeholders. It managed to understand each of the stages of the service route with
figures, data and facts, which allowed to identify bottlenecks of the service and opportunities for
improvement that were addressed during the execution of ProDes. The Program also closely
accompanied and advised particularly appointed public officials based on the "learning by doing"
approach, seeking the continuity of improved processes.
The Peruvian Government should continue the process of strengthening the governing role of the
Executive Branch and the linkage among the three levels of government to improve the decentralized
management of public services. For interventions associated to public services, clear indicators should be
used to analyze the problems of each value chain involved, including processes and actors, and
implement ProDes good practices described above. The pending task is to systematize specific learnings
about these processes to facilitate their replication. Specifically, it is recommended that USAID
systematize their 15 years of experience and translate it into guides and learning protocols.