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Director of Foreign Assistance (DFA)
The Office of the Director of US Foreign Assistance is responsible at a macro level for the ODA activities of the Department of State and USAID. DFA is responsible for co-ordinating US foreign assistance (FA). Since 2006 it has developed a standard programming structure to codify FA objectives; created a comprehensive database to track assistance across all programmes, countries, and Bureaus; and, developed systems to improve performance and accountability. DFA give critical importance to monitoring and evaluation, performance management, and accountability. The office is responsible for interagency co-ordination, training in monitoring and evaluation, development of support tools (glossary, standards, guidelines, indicators) and assistance with the development of evaluation policies for the Department of State and USAID (the primary implanting agencies). The main focus is to build institutional capacity and an evaluation culture.
USAID
USAID's new central evaluation office is currently being re-established. The institutional set-up is also still in flux but evaluation currently reports to the director of Management Policy, Budget and Performance. The Evaluation Interest Group and Agency Policy Co-ordinating Committee provide support to the evaluation function in USAID.
Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is an innovative and independent U.S. foreign aid agency that is helping lead the fight against global poverty.
Created by the U.S. Congress in January 2004 with strong bipartisan support, MCC is changing the conversation on how best to deliver smart U.S. foreign assistance by focusing on good policies, country ownership, and results.
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The publication "Better Aid: Evaluation in Development Agencies" provides individual evaluation profiles for each member of the DAC Network on Development Evaluation.
Each profile provides information on the core elements of the evaluation function set-up and management, including the mandate of the unit, mechanisms to protect independence and ensure quality, reporting lines and distribution of evaluation reports.
The United States' Evaluation profile
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