A public notice board describing authorized taxes and their amounts in Bandundu FINAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Programme de Bonne Gouvernance (PBG) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) August 8, 2014 This publication was produced at the request of the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared independently by International Business and Technical Consultants, Inc. PROGRAMME DE BONNE GOUVERNANCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO FINAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Final Report, August 8, 2014 IQC AID-RAN-I-00-09-00016, Task Order Number AID-660-TO-14-00001 DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. CONTENTS Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................................................................... i Executive Summary................................................................................................................................................................................ iii Evaluation Objectives and Questions .......................................................................................................................................... iii Methodology ...................................................................................................................................................................................... iii Main Findings and Conclusions ...................................................................................................................................................... iv Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................................................. v Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Background ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background on Decentralization .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Profiles of Donor Support to Decentralization .................................................................................................................... 3 Profile of PBG Activities and Partnerships ............................................................................................................................. 4 Evaluation Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Evaluation Methods ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Work Plan ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Data Gathering Sites .................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Key Informant Interviews ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Focus Group Data Collection Method ................................................................................................................................... 6 Method for Inclusive Data Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Comparison Site ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Limitations and Challenges ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Findings ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 1. Institutional Capacity and Strength ........................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 To What Extent Are Project ETDs Better Resourced? ...................................................................................... 8 1.2 What are Effective PBG Revenue Collection Methods? .................................................................................... 10 1.3 Public Private Partnerships in Katanga ................................................................................................................... 12 1.4 Did Project Contribute to Transparency, Openness and Accountability? ................................................... 12 1.5 Capacity of Parliaments .............................................................................................................................................. 13 2. Citizen Demand for Accountable Governance ................................................................................................................... 14 2.1 Increased Demand ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Has Increased Demand Affected Government Behavior? ................................................................................ 16 3. Service delivery of GDRC Institutions ................................................................................................................................... 16 3.1 Have Government Services in Technical Sectors Changed? ............................................................................ 16 4. Implementation and Approach ................................................................................................................................................ 17 4.1 Approaches to Harnessing Political Will ............................................................................................................... 17 4.2 To What Extent are Results Sustainable? ............................................................................................................. 18 4.2.1 Effective Implementation Strategies ................................................................................................................... 19 4.3 Integrating Governance with Technical Sectors .................................................................................................. 20 5. Cross-Cutting Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 5.1 Gender Programming ................................................................................................................................................. 20 5.2 Impact on Urban and Rural Authorities Different? ............................................................................................. 21 6. Other Findings.............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 6.1 Project Design .............................................................................................................................................................. 21 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Lessons learned ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26 ANNEX I: PROFILE OF DONOR SUPPORT TO DECENTRALIZATION ........................................................... 27 ANNEX II: PBG PARTNER AND ACTIVITY PROFILES ............................................................................................. 29 ANNEX III: DATA ANALYSIS GRID BY EVALUATION QUESTION .................................................................... 34 ANNEX IV: RATING SCALE SCORES ............................................................................................................................. 48 ANNEX V: DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS ..................................................................................................... 51 ANNEX VI: SOURCES OF INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 53 ANNEX