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Beyond Good Intentions: New Legislation On Foreign Aid Effectiveness, Gergana Danailova-Trainor, James Filpi, Norman L. Greene, Salome Tsereteli-Stephens
Beyond Good Intentions: New Legislation On Foreign Aid Effectiveness, Gergana Danailova-Trainor, James Filpi, Norman L. Greene, Salome Tsereteli-Stephens
The International Lawyer
The new law and the corresponding OMB and key foreign aid agencies' guidelines require providers to follow best practices in the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of U.S government (USG) foreign aid.2 A recent study conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office across the key USG foreign aid agencies identified a number of areas that needed improvement in the design, implementation, conclusions, and dissemination of foreign assistance evaluations.3 FATAA and the relevant guidelines will require providers to address those areas and focus their reporting requirements on tangible outcomes and the impact of their programming. In recent years, federal agencies have placed …