USAID’s First Localization Progress Report: Four Highlights

 

Sarah Rose is USAID’s Senior Advisor for Localization.18489309079_305cef6011_k_c2fd73d0f0

In November 2021, Administrator Samantha Power set forth in a speech, A New Vision for Global Development, two ambitious goals for supporting locally led development. First, by the end of FY 2025, USAID will channel 25 percent of its funding directly to local partners. And second, by 2030, at least 50 percent of USAID programs will create space for local actors to exercise leadership over priority setting, activity design, implementation, and defining and measuring results. 

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