Guidance note on institutional and context analysis

Political processes, informal institutions and power relations all play vital roles in the success or failure of development interventions. A development programme succeeds when key players have an incentive to make it succeed. When a society’s principal actors are threatened by a development programme, they have an incentive to oppose it. Understanding how different actors in society have differing incentives to enable or oppose development interventions is critical to successful programming. Illuminating this mixture of incentives and constraints is the aim of institutional and context analysis at the country level.

Sustainable Development Goals:

No Poverty

Climate Action

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions