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Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance

Office of Democracy and Governance

The Challenge

State failure poses a distinct set of development challenges. Virtually all reputable studies of state failure point to failures of governance as the key factors. The accelerated erosion or collapse of the social contract that characterizes state failure results in major, sometimes catastrophic, social disruptions. DCHA/DG believes that efforts to rebuild the social contract must be grounded from the beginning in the practices of democracy and good governance. Yet, neither the development community nor the international community of democracy advocates knows how to effectively harness or generate political will for democracy in failing state environments. The challenge is identifying from our experience and refining the development tools for building democracy and good governance that will be most effective in this new environment, and developing new tools, as needed, to assist failing and failed states to a condition in which transformational development becomes possible.

Objectives, Sectors and Workforce

Definitions of Information Contained in the Country Profile Tables Please note: All linked documents below are in PDF format Program Budget (Appropriations by Objective) FY 2004 ($000) FY 2005 ($000) FY 2006 ($000) FY 2007 ($000) Percent Change FY 04-07 2005 SO Performance Score Direct SO Admin. Cost Ratio 932-001 Rule of Law Program  1,206 2,560 2,227 2,500 107.3% 1.40 Exceeded 0.77 932-002 Elections and Political Processes Program  1,352 2,095 19,800 7,150 428.8% 1.00 Met 0.81 932-003 Civil Society Program  11,613 3,350 3,366 3,500 -69.9% 1.18 Exceeded 0.55 932-004 Governance Program  2,008 2,795 2,723 2,750 37.0% 1.71 Exceeded 0.74 932-005 Special Programs to Address the Needs of Survivors  11,225 18,692 11,979 11,000 -2.0% 1.00 Met 0.03 Transfer to Other US Government Agency  0 8,080 0 0 N/A N/A     Country Total  27,404 37,572 40,095 26,900 -1.8% Mission Profile Program Summary Tables Complete Democracy and Governance Program

Office Director: Gerald Hyman

Other Major Donors:

Bilateral: United Kingdom's Department for International Development, GTZ (German Cooperation), and the Canadian International Development Agency. Most Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members have departments working to promote or consolidate democracy and good governance.

Multilateral: Major donors in the field include United Nations organizations, the World Bank, the European Community, the Inter-American Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the OECD. Programs supporting vulnerable populations work closely with the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Development Program/United Nations Office for Project Services, the World Health Organization, the Pan-American Health Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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