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Economic Growth Indicator Reference Sheets
EG.1 Macroeconomic Growth
EG.2 Trade and Investment
EG.3 Agriculture
EG.4 Financial Sector
EG.5 Private Sector Productivity
EG.6 Workforce Development
EG.7 Modern Energy Services
EG. 10 Environment
EG.11 Adaptation
EG.12 Clean Energy
EG. 13 Sustainable Landscapes
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EG.1 Index
EG.1 Macroeconomic Growth
EG.1.1-1 Tax administration and compliance improved (% increase in the ratio of tax collections as a percent of GDP) with USG assistance
EG.1.1-2 Amount of Domestic Revenue Mobilization (DRM-Taxes, Fees, Fines, and Charges) collections as a percentage of GDP
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EG.1.1-1
| Indicator | Tax administration and compliance improved (% increase in the ratio of tax collections as a percent of GDP) with USG assistance |
| Definition | Improved tax administration and compliance is indicated by the percentage change in tax collections in relation to GDP over a specified period of time. The percentage increase in tax collections is measured as the change in the ratio of Tax Revenue as a Percent of GDP. The numerator for each year includes general government revenue from all taxes (except social contributions) collected in the most recent available calendar year, as reported in the IMF's World Revenue Longitudinal Database (WoRLD) database for the subject country. The denominator is the value of the gross domestic product for the corresponding calendar year. |
The results of the percentage of GDP calculation for the previous calendar year is then subtracted from the most recent calendar year result, yielding the change in the ratio. This change forms the numerator for the change calculation, with the previous year's ratio as the denominator. The result is the percentage change in the ratio of tax collections, and is what is reported. (An increase in the ratio of Tax Revenue as a Percent of GDP from 10% to 12% would reflect a 20% increase in the indicator.)
Include a short qualitative response in the indicator narrative if specific factors (e.g., recession, commodity price fluctuation, policy measure) contributed to a negative or extraordinary outcome.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG 1.1 Fiscal Policy |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Most USAID partner countries will need to mobilize greater domestic revenue by 2030 to finance public services that will achieve their national-level goals for poverty reduction and improved delivery of health care and primary and secondary education. The indicator is applicable for most partner countries that currently generate total domestic tax and non-tax revenue that is insufficient to finance medium-term budget requirements to meet those national development goals. The indicator may not be relevant for some partner countries where the level of current tax and non-tax revenue is high (for example, above 25 percent of GDP) and the primary purpose of the USAID assistance is to improve the business environment for taxpayers, to reduce taxpayer compliance costs, or to achieve other revenue-neutral objectives. |
| Indicator Type | Outcome |
| Reporting Type | Percentage change in the ratio of Tax Revenue as a Percent of GDP in the most recent available calendar year compared to the previous year. |
| Use of Indicator | The indicator will be used to monitor progress in achieving the Agency and USG foreign assistance program objective of helping partner countries to achieve greater budgetary self-suficiency for programs to alleviate poverty and deliver essential public services. |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | The data for the ratio of Tax Revenue as a Percent of GDP is compiled and available online from the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department and is sourced from the World Revenue Longitudinal Database (WoRLD), http://data.imf.org/revenues. Data or estimates for all countries for the year 2014 and following will typically be available 16 months after year end. Government or other verified/official sources of data may be used consistently should IMF data not be available. Note that data lags may cause identical data to be reported in some years. |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: E3/EP POC: Steve Rozner, 202 216-3003, srozner@usaid.gov Disaggregate(s) Total government revenue from all taxes Value of GDP
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EG.1.1-2
| Indicator | Amount of Domestic Revenue Mobilization (DRM-Taxes, Fees, Fines, and Charges) collections as a percentage of GDP |
| Definition | Total domestic revenue collected for the most recent available calendar year, expressed as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP), indicates effectiveness of revenue administration and compliance. The numerator, total revenue, means general government revenue from all sources, excluding grants and borrowings. The denominator is the value of the gross domestic product for the corresponding, most recent calendar year. |
General government includes central government, regional, state, and provincial government; local government; and social insurance funds. The denominator is the value of the gross domestic product for the corresponding, most recent calendar year.
Include a short qualitative response in indicator narrative if specific factors (e.g., recession, commodity price fluctuation, policy measure) contributed to a negative change or extraordinary outcome.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG 1.1 Fiscal Policy |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Most USAID partner countries will need to mobilize greater domestic revenue by 2030, to finance public services that will achieve their national-level goals for poverty reduction and improved delivery of health care and primary and secondary education. The indicator is applicable for most partner countries that currently generate total domestic tax and non-tax revenue that is insufficient to finance medium-term budget requirements to meet those national development goals. The indicator may not be relevant for some partner countries where the level of current tax and non-tax revenue is high (for example, above 25 percent of GDP) and the primary purpose of the USAID assistance is to improve the business environment for taxpayers, to reduce taxpayer compliance costs, or to achieve other revenue-neutral objectives. Under the Addis Tax Initiative, the USG has committed to enhance the amount of support for domestic revenue mobilization, and report on results contributed to by that support. |
| Indicator Type | Outcome. |
| Reporting Type | Percentage (Revenue/GDP) ratio in the most recent available calendar year |
| Use of Indicator | For countries that are partners in the Addis Tax Initiative, the indicator will be used to monitor progress in achieving their objectives of greater budgetary self-sufficiency and their funding of programs to alleviate poverty and deliver essential public services. |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | The data for the revenue/GDP indicator is compiled and available online from the IMF's Government Finance Statistics (GFS) Database, at http://data.imf.org/gfs. Data or estimates for all countries for the year 2014 and following will typically be available 16 months after year end, so report on the most recent year for which such data is available. Where not available from the GFS Database, data may be sourced from national reports and sources for the relevant country. Government or other verified/official sources of data may be used consistently should this IMF data not be available. Note that data lags may cause identical data to be reported in some years. |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: E3/EP POC: Steve Rozner, 202-216-3003, srozner@usaid.gov Disaggregate(s) Numerator Denominator
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EG.2 Index
EG.2 Trade and Investment
EG.2-1 Person hours of USG-supported training completed in trade and investment
EG.2.1-1 Number of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement provisions supported by USG assistance
EG.2.1-2 Average time (in hours) to trade goods along trade corridor receiving USG assistance
EG.2.2-1 Number of firms receiving USG-funded technical assistance to export
EG.2.2-2 Number of firms receiving USG assistance that have obtained certification with (an) international quality control institution(s) in meeting minimum product standards
EG.2-12 Number of private sector enterprises with increased access to finance due to USG assistance
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EG.2-1
| Indicator | Person-hours of USG-supported training completed in trade and investment |
| Definition | This indicator uses the following equation to express the number of USG-supported training hours that were completed by training participants: |
Hours of USG-supported training course x Number of people completing that training course
Support from the USG: This indicator counts training hours that were delivered in full or in part as a result of USG assistance. USG support may include provision of funds to pay teachers, providing hosting facilities, or other key contributions necessary to ensure training was delivered. This indicator does not automatically count any course for which the USG helped develop the curriculum, but rather focuses on delivery of courses that was made possible through full or partial funding or in-kind assistance from the USG.
People: Only people who complete the entire training course are counted for this indicator.
Training: Training is defined as sessions in which participants are educated according to a defined curriculum and set learning objectives. Sessions that could be informative or educational, such as meetings, but do not have a defined curriculum or learning objectives, are not counted as training.
Trade and investment is defined as the policies, laws, regulations, and administrative practices affecting international trade and investment and the public and private sector institutions that support sustained, locally driven improvements in the trade environment that benefit both men and women; and the collection of services, technologies, equipment, and techniques used to enhance private sector response to international trade and investment opportunities.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG.2 |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Training in trade and investment should improve the participants’ capacity to facilitate increased trade and investment, and ultimately, broad-based economic growth in the target country/countries. |
| Indicator Type | Output |
| Reporting Type | Number |
| Use of Indicator | Training indicators account for the expenditure of USG funds to build country capacity in Mission performance monitoring; can be used for USTR Annual Report, AGOA reports, and other relevant reports. |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | Official reports from implementing partners |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: E3/TRR POC: Paul Fekete, (202) 712 1163, pfekete@usaid.gov
Agency: State; Office: W-GDP; POC: Sandrine Rukundo, rukundos@state.gov Disaggregate(s) Sex (Male and Female)
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EG.2.1-1
| Indicator | Number of World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement provisions supported with USG assistance |
| Definition | The World Trade Organization (WTO) Bali Ministerial Conference concluded on December 7, 2013 with agreement on a package of issues designed to streamline trade, boost developing countries’ trade, and spur economic growth, particularly in least developed countries (LDCs)—the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The TFA contains 13 articles with a combined total of 41 specific provisions. The maximum number of provisions that could be reported against this indicator would therefore be 41. These include provisions for expediting the movement, release and clearance of goods, including goods in transit. The TFA also sets out measures for effective cooperation between customs and other appropriate authorities on trade facilitation and customs compliance issues. The TFA further contains provisions for technical assistance and capacity building in this area. |
Refer to this WTO page (https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tradfa_e/tradfa_e.htm) for more information and the full text of the TFA.
USG assistance may include training, technical assistance, information collection and dissemination, public-private dialogue, hardware or information systems, the delivery of which was made possible in part or full by USG funding or in-kind assistance.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG.2.1 |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Provisions of the TFA all support trade facilitation, ultimately spurring the growth of the host country’s/countries’ participation in global value chains in value terms, and therefore its/their broad-based economic growth. |
| Indicator Type | Output |
| Reporting Type | Number |
| Use of Indicator | Mission performance monitoring; can be used for USTR Annual Report and other relevant reports. |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | Official reports from implementing partners |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: E3/TRR POC: Paul Fekete, (202) 712 1163, pfekete@usaid.gov Disaggregate(s) New and continuing
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EG.2.1-2
| Indicator | Average time (in hours) to trade goods along trade corridor receiving USG assistance |
| Definition | This indicator measures the average time taken to trade goods in target value chains along the main, defined trade corridor receiving USG assistance from the point of origin to the destination. The trade corridor should (1) span at least two countries to count for this indicator, and (2) receive USG assistance in the year of reporting. The corridor may cover land or sea, or a combination of both. |
To collect data on the cost and days to trade across borders, implementing partners(s) will need to work with transporters and shippers involved in the trade of targeted value chains to note departure and arrival days and times, and delays at the border(s), whether land, sea, or airports. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The indicator includes the waiting time between procedures, including during unloading of cargo.
In the narrative accompanying the indicator in the PPR, the reporting OU should briefly define the trade corridor reported against, and the good(s)/container size selected to calculate the average time. The corridor and good(s) selected for this indicator should remain constant throughout a project’s or activity’s performance period, i.e. across PPRs, to the extent feasible.
USG assistance may include training, technical assistance, information collection and dissemination, public-private dialogue, hardware or information systems, the delivery of which was made possible in part or full by USG funding or in-kind assistance.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG.2.1 |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Reducing the time to trade goods along trade corridors reduces the cost to traders, facilitating growth in both the value and participation in international trade, and ultimately broad-based economic growth in the host country/countries. |
| Indicator Type | Outcome |
| Reporting Type | Number |
| Use of Indicator | Mission performance monitoring; Washington reporting |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | Official reports from implementing partners |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: E3/TRR POC: Paul Fekete, (202) 712 1163, pfekete@usaid.gov Disaggregate(s) Domestic transport, border compliance, documentary compliance, other:
Domestic transport captures the time associated with transporting the shipment within a country, to be aggregated for all countries the corridor spans.
Border compliance captures the time associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border, to be aggregated for every border the corridor crosses.
Documentary compliance captures the time associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies.
Other captures time incurred for all other reasons not falling under one of the previous disaggregates.
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EG.2.2-1
| Indicator | Number of firms receiving USG-funded technical assistance to export |
| Definition | This indicator is defined as the number of firms that received training, technical assistance and/or information from USG-funded trade promotion-related entities. |
Firms can be formal or informal. If multiple owners, managers or workers in a single firm receive technical assistance over the reporting period, the reporting operating unit should count that as one benefiting firm for the reporting period.
USG funding: For the purpose of this indicator, OUs can count technical assistance that was delivered in full or in part as a result of USG assistance. This includes delivery of technical assistance made possible through full or partial funding or in-kind support from the USG.
Typically, activities that build export capacity include trade shows, buyer/seller matchmaking programs, market analysis and information, trade finance assistance, and guidance on how to comply with foreign country customs regulations and procedures.
One important component of technical assistance to help nations increase their level of exports is counseling and advice to host-country firms on the steps, procedures, and benefits from trading internationally. Trade promotion efforts help to increase private sector capacity to trade and bolster assistance programs aiming to improve and reform of a country’s trade enabling environment.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG.2.2 |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Technical assistance for building export capacity should increase firms’ capacity to export goods and services, thereby increasing broad-based economic growth in the host country/countries. |
| Indicator Type | Output |
| Reporting Type | Number |
| Use of Indicator | Mission performance monitoring; can be used for USTR Annual Report, AGOA reports, and other relevant reports. |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | Attendance and other records of implementing partners that provide technical assistance |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: E3/TRR
Disaggregate(s) New/continuing: New firms are those that did not receive assistance reportable under this indicator in the previous reporting period; continuing firms are those that received assistance reportable under this indicator in the previous reporting period.
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EG.2.2-2
| Indicator | Number of firms receiving USG assistance that have obtained certification with (an) international quality control institution(s) in meeting minimum product standards |
| Definition | Firms can be formal or informal. If multiple owners, managers or workers in a single firm receive technical assistance over the reporting period, the reporting operating unit should count that as one benefiting firm for the reporting period. |
International quality control institutions: An international quality control institution can be a domestic institution that certifies to international standards. The most common set of international standards is ISO 9,000. This quality standard was first introduced in 1987 by the International Organization for Standards (ISO). Many national quality control institutions have adopted ISO standards. ISO 9000 is used in over 100 countries as a quality assurance standard. These standards specify how management operations should be carried out to insure that domestic suppliers and exporters design, produce, and deliver products and services that meet predetermined standards. Proven adherence to these standards throughout a value chain assures export customers of the quality and performance an exporter may claim for the goods and services this exporter sells. For more information on ISO 9,000, please refer to their website:
http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/management-standards/iso_9000.htm
In the narrative accompanying this indicator, OUs should specify the certification(s) they are reporting about.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG.2.2 |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Internationally recognized certification of product standards should increase firms’ export revenues and sources, thereby increasing broad-based economic growth in the host country/countries. |
| Indicator Type | Outcome |
| Reporting Type | Number |
| Use of Indicator | Mission performance monitoring; Washington reporting |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | Official reports from implementing partners |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: E3/TRR
Disaggregate(s) None
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EG.2-12
| Indicator | Number of private sector enterprises with increased access to finance due to USG assistance |
| Definition | This indicator sums the total number of private sector enterprises accessing debt (cash and in-kind loans) and non-debt (equity financing) during the reporting year as a result of USG-assistance to producers, input suppliers, transporters, processors, other Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and larger enterprises that are in a targeted value chain and are participating in a USG-funded activity. USG assistance may consist of: |
utilization of new or existing private sector partnerships on shared objectives that are jointly designed and jointly resourced that include increasing access to finance for private sector enterprises, including Global Development Alliances (GDAs) or other partnership agreements risk sharing via creation of development credit guarantees, direct loans, political risk insurance and direct equity support for investment funds with the U.S. Development Finance Corporation (DFC) provision of technical assistance to investors, investment funds, or investees which may include: development of financial proposals, pipelines and financial products; investor-investee matchmaking, investment facilitation or transaction support; or accelerator/incubator support Provision of seed funding, first-loss capital, operations support to small and growing businesses Pay for Results structures, including Development Impact Bonds, results-based contracts, reimbursable grants
Debt: This includes enterprises receiving cash loans and in-kind lending. For cash loans, this only includes loans made by financial institutions and not by informal groups such as village savings and loan groups that are not formally registered as a financial institution. However, the loans counted can be made by any size financial institution from microfinance institutions through national commercial banks, as well as any non-deposit taking financial institutions and other types of financial non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In-kind lending is the provision of services, inputs, or other goods up front, with payment usually in the form of product (value of service, input, or other goods provided plus interest). For in-kind lending, USAID may facilitate in-kind loans of inputs or equipment usage via implementing partners or partnerships. NOTE: formal leasing arrangements should be captured in non-debt financing section below, or transport with repayment in kind.
Non-Debt: Count any financing received other than cash loans and in-kind lending. Examples include: equity, convertible debt, or other equity-like investments, which can be made by local or international investors; and leasing, which may be extended by local banks or specialized leasing companies.
Enterprise size: USAID defines microenterprise as those with 10 or fewer employees (full-time equivalent or FTE). Given the diversity of contexts and sectors in which USAID works, what may be considered a small and medium enterprise can vary. OUs may apply what makes sense for the context, however, generally speaking, a small enterprise is one with 11-49 employees (FTE) and a medium enterprise is 50-249 employees (FTE) averaged over a year to account for seasonal or cyclical hiring.
Women owned, managed OR controlled enterprise: To qualify an enterprise as women owned, managed or controlled, operating units may use one or more of three criteria.
Ownership test: To qualify, one or more women must have 51 percent ownership and is unconditional and direct.
Managed test: The woman must hold the highest officer position, manage it on a full-time basis, and devote full-time to the business concern during the normal working hours of the business concern in the same or similar line of business.
Controlled test: The management and daily business operations of the concern must be controlled by one or more women. Control means that both the long term decision making and the day-to-day management and administration of the business operations must be conducted by one or more women.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG.2 Trade and Investment |
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Increased access to finance demonstrates improved inclusion in the financial sector and appropriate financial service offerings across sectors.
| Indicator Type | Outcome |
| Reporting Type | Number |
| Use of Indicator | This will be used in the annual Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Results Report provided to congress on an annual basis as stipulated in the Section 258 of the WEEE Act. |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source |
Activity participants, including firms Bureau Owner(s) Bureau and Office: E3/PSE Team POC: Ayla Francis (ayfrancis@usaid.gov) Disaggregate(s) Financing recipient size:
Micro, Small Medium Large enterprises Ownership gender Female owned, controlled or managed Other: male owned, jointly owned or unknown
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EG.3 Index
EG.3 Agriculture
EG.3.1-1 Kilometers of roads improved or constructed as a result of USG assistance [IM-level]
EG.3.1-14 Value of new USG commitments and private sector investment leveraged by the USG to support food security and nutrition [IM-level]
EG.3-2 Number of individuals participating in USG food security programs [IM-level]
EG.3.2-2 Number of individuals who have received USG-supported degree-granting agricultural sector productivity or food security training
EG.3.2-7 Number of technologies, practices, and approaches under various phases of research, development, and uptake as a result of USG assistance [IM-level]
EG.3.2-24 Number of individuals in the agriculture system who have applied improved management practices or technologies with USG assistance [IM-level]
EG.3.2-25 Number of hectares under improved management practices or technologies with USG assistance [IM-level]
EG.3.2-26 Value of annual sales of farms and firms receiving USG assistance [IM-level]
EG.3.2-27 Value of agriculture-related financing accessed as a result of USG assistance [IM-level]
EG.3.2-28 Number of hectares under improved management practices or technologies that promote improved climate risk reduction and/or natural resources management with USG assistance [IM-level]
EG.3.3-10 Percentage of female direct beneficiaries of USG nutrition-sensitive agriculture activities consuming a diet of minimum diversity
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EG.3.1-1
| Indicator | Kilometers of roads improved or constructed as a result of USG assistance [IM-level] |
| Definition | A road opens up transport from rural spaces where rural-based production activities, such as agriculture, are taking place and connects, either directly or indirectly, with population centers and market activity. A road “improvement” indicates that the U.S. Government intervention significantly improved the ease of commercial transport along that road, while “constructed” refers to a new road. |
To count, a road need not be paved with cement or asphalt but should significantly facilitate the transport of goods compared to the previous situation without the road or without the road improvement. Only count those roads improved or constructed during the reporting year.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG.3.1: Agricultural Enabling Environment |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | The linkage of rural communities to markets is considered a crucial means of increasing agricultural and other rural-based production. Roads improve access of rural communities to food at reasonable prices and to markets for their produce and to health and nutrition services and allow greater off-farm employment opportunities. This indicator is linked to Global Food Security Strategy – IR.2: Strengthened and expanded access to markets and trade. |
| Indicator Type | Output |
| Reporting Type | Number |
| Use of Indicator | This indicator is reported in the International Food Assistance Report (IFAR) and Bureau for Food Security portfolio reviews. It is an important indicator for interagency partners, agreed upon by the USG agencies involved in Feed the Future. |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | Reports from implementing partners |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: RFS/ALD POC: Chris Hillbruner, 202-712-0053, rfs.ald@usaid.gov Disaggregate(s) Construction type: Improved, Constructed (new)
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EG.3.1-14
| Indicator | Value of new USG commitments and private sector investment leveraged by the USG to support food security and nutrition [IM-level] |
| Definition | The indicator includes new long-term capital investments (e.g., property, plant, and equipment and other fixed assets) and new operating capital investments (e.g., inputs or inventory) leveraged by the USG. Private sector co-investment - both cash and in-kind - for implementing specific activities (e.g., resulting from a successful GDA application) should also be included. It includes both upstream and downstream investments. Upstream investments include any type of agricultural capital used in the agricultural production process such as inputs (e.g., seeds, fertilizer, pesticides, etc.) and machinery. Downstream investments could include capital investments in equipment used for post-harvest transformation or processing of agricultural products or the transport of agricultural products to markets. In-kind investments, which should be valued at market rates, could include legal or business development services. |
“New USG commitments” refers to funds in the form of a direct loan, part of a grant, or other award designed to leverage additional funds from private sector organizations. Subsidies paid to structure a guarantee or insurance product do not count as new USG commitments. For multi-year activities, commitments are recorded at the outset of the activity, if made prior to the start of the activity, or during the year when they are made, if commitments are received during implementation of an activity.
“Private sector” includes for-profit formal companies managing nutrition, agriculture, and/or food system-related activities. A community-based organization (CBO) or nongovernmental organization (NGO) investment may be included if the CBO or NGO engages in for-profit nutrition, agriculture, and/or food system-related activities. “Private sector” does not include individual producers, so investments made by individual producers should not be counted under this indicator.
“Investment” is defined as any use of private sector resources intended to increase future production, output, or income, etc. Investments are recorded on a yearly basis, as they are made. In-kind investments are recorded at market value in USD.
“Leveraged by the USG” indicates that the new investment was directly encouraged or facilitated by activities supported by the Feed the Future initiative. Usually, the Feed the Future activities will take the form of a grant, direct loan, guarantee, or insurance coverage from the USG (see examples below).
Examples:
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)/United States International Development Finance Corporation (USIDFC):
OPIC provides political risk insurance on a $40 million equity investment by a U.S.
investor in a large-scale commercial farm in Zambia that produces wheat, maize, barley and soya. OPIC is insuring 90% of the investment, or $36 million. The farm’s expansion is also financed by a $10 million loan from a local commercial bank and a $5 million loan from the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group directly to the Zambian farm. The investment and loan funds will be used to expand and upgrade the farm’s irrigation system and other infrastructure improvements. The total private sector capital leveraged is $50 million, consisting of the sum of the U.S. equity firm’s investment ($40 million) and the local commercial debt ($10 million). The debt and equity investments are reported in the year in which they are made. The IFC’s $5 million is not included, as it is money from a multi-lateral, and is not considered “private sector investment,” nor is it “leveraged” by OPIC.OPIC provides a $10 million direct loan to a U.S.-based NGO to expand its working capital lending to small farmers and co-ops located in South America. The $40 million expansion also includes $20 million raised through private placement bonds and $10 million in cash equity from the NGO. In this example, the total new USG commitment is $10 million and the private capital leveraged by the OPIC investment is $30 million. These investments are reported in the year in which they are made.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID): USAID provides a 50% loan portfolio guarantee to a U.S.-based impact investor to expand its portfolio into small and growing businesses in the agriculture sector in Feed the Future target countries. The guarantee will cover 50% of investments made, up to a total of $17.5 million in investments. The total amount of private sector capital leveraged that could be reported is $17.5 million. The private capital leveraged actually reported is the amount that was actually invested, and is reported in the year in which the investments are made.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG.3.2: Agricultural Sector Capacity |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Increased investment is the predominate source of economic growth in the agricultural and other economic sectors. Private sector investment is critical because it indicates that the investment is perceived by private agents to provide a positive financial return and therefore is likely to lead to sustainable improvements in agricultural market systems. Agricultural growth is critical to achieving the Feed the Future (FTF) goal to “Sustainably Reduce Global Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty.” This indicator is linked to CCIR: Strengthened global commitment to investing in food security in the GFSS Results Framework. |
| Indicator Type | Output |
| Reporting Type | US Dollars |
| Use of Indicator | Briefly identify how this indicator will be used to monitor progress in achieving bureau or sector strategic objectives (such ongoing bureau meetings or progress reviews) and/or how this indicator is used to meet external reporting requirements (such as the name of the report in which it is used) |
| Reporting Frequency | This indicator is used to track progress in the FTF/Bureau for Food Security (BFS) Portfolio Reviews, the FTF Progress Report and FTF Country Pages, the Administrator's Leadership Council (ALC), and the Agency Priority Goals (APG). |
| Data Source | USG agencies and implementing partners get the data from Private sector financial records, program data, and US Government agency records |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: RFS/ALD POC: Chris Hillbruner, 202-712-0053, rfs.ald@usaid.gov Disaggregate(s) Type of investment:
• USG commitment amount (using "commitment" to include funding in the form of direct loans or a grant);
• Private sector partner leveraged amount (using "leveraged" to include both cash and in-kind investment valued at market rates from the private)
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EG.3-2
| Indicator | Number of individuals participating in USG food security programs [IM-level] |
| Definition | This indicator is designed to capture the breadth of our food security work. This indicator counts participants of Feed the Future-funded programs, including those we reach directly, those reached as part of a deliberate service strategy, and those participating in the markets we strengthen. We expect Implementing |
Partners (IPs) to track or estimate the number of individual participants across different interventions within their own project and to report numbers of participants reached, not number of contacts with the project or project- supported actors.
This indicator counts, with some exceptions listed below, all the individuals participating in our nutrition, resilience, and agriculture and food system activities, including:
● Adults that projects or project-supported actors reach directly through nutrition-specific and community-level nutrition interventions, (e.g.
parents and other caregivers participating in community care groups, healthcare workers provided with in-service training on how to manage acute malnutrition), but not children reached with nutrition-specific or community-based interventions, who are counted under indicators HL.9-1 and HL.9-2 instead;
● People reached by productive safety nets, community-based micro-finance and diversified livelihood activities through our assistance;
● Members of households reached with household-level interventions (households with new access to basic sanitation through our work, households receiving family-sized rations);
● Smallholder and non-smallholder producers that projects or project-supported actors reach directly (e.g. through an irrigation training, through a loan provided, through distribution of drought-tolerant seeds to specific farmers);
● Proprietors of firms in the private sector that we help strengthen (e.g. agrodealers, aggregators, processors). Employees of these firms are also counted if they are reached directly with a USG-assisted service such as training;
● Producers who directly interact with those USG-assisted firms (e.g. the producers who are customers of an assisted agrodealer; the producers from whom an assisted trader or aggregator buys), but not customers or suppliers who are not producers;
● Participants whose main source of income is labor (e.g.
Laborers/non-producer diversified livelihood participants);
● People in civil society organizations and government whose skills and capacity have been strengthened by projects or project-supported actors;
● School-aged children who are recipients of USG school feeding programs;
In cases where activities work with multiple individuals in a household, this indicator counts all activity participants in the household, not all members of the household. However, in the case of sanitation services and family-sized rations, all members of the household receiving the sanitation facility or ration can be counted here.
An individual is a participant if s/he comes into direct contact with the set of interventions (goods or services) provided or facilitated by the activity. The intervention needs to be significant, meaning that if the individual is merely contacted or touched by an activity through brief attendance at a meeting or gathering, s/he should not be counted as a participant. An intervention is significant if one can reasonably expect, and hold OUs and IMs responsible for achieving progress toward, changes in behaviors or other outcomes for these individuals based on the level of services and/or goods provided or accessed.
Producers with increased access to goods, services and markets for their products and who purchase from or sell to market actors that have been strengthened as a result of our activities are considered to have received a significant intervention.
Individuals who are trained by an IM as part of a deliberate service delivery strategy (e.g. cascade training) that then go on to deliver services directly to individuals or to train others to deliver services should be counted as participants of the activity—the capacity strengthening is key for sustainability and an important outcome in its own right. The individuals who then receive the services or training delivered by those individuals are also considered participants. However, spontaneous spillover of improved practices to neighbors does not count as a deliberate service delivery strategy; neighbors who apply new practices based on observation and/or interactions with participants who have not been trained to spread knowledge to others as part of a deliberate service delivery strategy should not be counted under this indicator.
Value chain facilitative and/or market-system activities may use a two-step process to identify and count participants:
The first step involves identifying which private sector firms have been assisted by the activity during the reporting year, and counting the number of proprietors of those firms. The second step, which is only applicable to firms that buy from or sell to producers, is to count the number of producer customers or suppliers of each assisted firm.
The total number of participants for that activity is then the sum of the proprietors of the assisted firms and their producer customers/suppliers. For example, an IP working to strengthen the certified soy seed market within a defined market shed in the ZOI could use data on the number of certified soy seed sales by assisted firms during the reporting year to estimate the number of farmers purchasing certified soy seed (by using a conservative assumption that one sales equals one farmer applying), and then report that number as the number of producer participants. All assumptions underlying the indicator estimates should be documented annually in an Indicator Comment in FTFMS.
Data provision by assisted firms can be facilitated by entering into written agreements that include reporting and nondisclosure requirements and by showing assisted firms how the information provided is useful and used.
Counting producer participants may be more straightforward if the value chain activity is also facilitating extension strategies, e.g. agrodealer agents that require knowing where the customers live and farm.
While other Feed the Future indicators, such as "financing accessed", "value of sales," and "individuals applying improved practices" also capture the number of enterprises that contributed results to the indicator, this indicator only counts individual people, i.e., the farmer (not the farm), and the proprietor (not the firm).
This indicator does not count the indirect beneficiaries of our activities. An indirect beneficiary is someone who does not have direct contact with the activity but still benefits, such as the population that uses a new road constructed by the activity, neighbors who see the results of the improved technologies applied by direct participants and decide to apply the technology themselves (spillover), or the individuals who hear an activity-supported radio message but don’t receive any training or counseling from the activity. In part, this is because accurate tracking of indirect beneficiaries is challenging by its nature, despite the fact that spillover is a core component of the Feed the Future theory of change. In general, spillover is captured in Feed the Future through measuring changes in population level indicators (e.g. percent applying improved technologies and management practices) and linking those to the work activities are doing directly.
Note that this indicator cannot be summed across years for a project total, since “new” and “continuing” participants are not disaggregated, and thus this will only show a total of individuals reached in any one reporting year.
USAID only: report on the Mission-wide total number of unique participants reached across all IMs. This will , which require estimating and removing double counting and overlap among IMs. Please see reporting notes below.
| Primary SPS Linkage | 3.2: Agricultural Sector Capacity |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Understanding the reach of our work and the breakdown of the individuals participating by type, sex, and age will better inform our programming and the impacts we are having in various sectors or in various demographic groups. This understanding can then make us more effective or efficient in reaching our targeted groups. Understanding the extent of spillover and scale is also very important, but this will be assessed as a part of the ZOI survey and performance and impact evaluations rather than through annually reported IM-level indicators. This indicator is an output indicator and is linked to many parts of the Global Food Security Strategy results framework. |
| Indicator Type | Output |
| Reporting Type | Number |
| Use of Indicator | This indicator will be used to measure progress in the Bureau for Food Security/FTF portfolio review, the FTF Progress Report and country pages, and the International Food Assistance Report (IFAR). |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | Implementing partners will collect this information through firm records, activity records, training participant lists, or through census or sampling of participating firms/farms/families/individuals, etc. |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: RFS/ALD POC: Chris Hillbruner, 202-712-0053, rfs.ald@usaid.gov Disaggregate(s) Sex: the unique number of individuals should be entered here (i.e. no double-counting of individuals across disaggregate choices here)
• Male;
• Female;
• Not applicable (e.g. for household members counted from household-level interventions);
• Disaggregates Not Available
Age Category: the unique number of individuals should be entered here (i.e. no double-counting of individuals across disaggregate choices here)
• School-aged children (only for children reached by USG school feeding programs);
• 15-29;
• 30+;
• Not applicable (e.g. for household members counted from household-level interventions);
• Disaggregates Not Available
Note: Children under five reached with nutrition interventions are counted under HL.9-1
Type of Individual: double-counting individuals across types is permitted here
• Parents/caregivers;
• Household members (household-level interventions only), such as new access to basic sanitation and/or receipt of family rations;
• School-aged children (i.e. those participating in school feeding programs);
• People in government (e.g. policy makers, extension workers, healthcare workers);
• People in USG-assisted private sector firms (e.g. agrodealers, traders, aggregators, processors, service providers, manufacturers);
• People in civil society (e.g. NGOs, CBOs, CSOs, research and academic organizations, community volunteers)
• Laborers (Non-producer diversified livelihoods participants);
• Producers (e.g. farmers, fishers, pastoralists, ranchers); smallholder
• Producers (e.g. farmers, fishers, pastoralists, ranchers); non-smallholder
• Producers (e.g. farmers, fishers, pastoralists, ranchers); aquaculture
• Producers (e.g. farmers, fishers, pastoralists, ranchers); disaggregates not available.
• Not Applicable
• Disaggregates Not Available
While private sector firms are considered part of civil society more broadly, only count their proprietors under the "Private Sector Firms" disaggregate and not the "Civil Society" disaggregate, Producers should be counted under the "Producers" disaggregate, not the "Private Sector Firms" disaggregate
Smallholder Definition: While country-specific definitions may vary, use the Feed the Future definition of a smallholder producer, which is one who holds 5 hectares or less of arable land or equivalent units of livestock, i.e. cattle: 10 beef cows; dairy: two milking cows; sheep and goats: five adult ewes/does; camel meat and milk: five camel cows; pigs: two adult sows; chickens: 20 layers and 50 broilers. The farmer does not have to own the land or livestock.
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EG.3.2-2
| Indicator | Number of individuals who have received USG-supported degree-granting non-nutrition-related food security training [IM-level] |
| Definition | This indicator measures the number of people who are currently enrolled in or have graduated during the reporting year from a degree-granting technical, vocational, associate, bachelor, master, or Ph.D. program. Degree candidates being supported through partial fellowships or exchange programs can be counted toward this indicator. A person who completes one degree-granting program in the fiscal year and is currently participating in another degree-granting program should be counted only once, no matter the length of either degree-granting program; she/he should be counted under the Continuing disaggregate. |
Non-nutrition-related food security training includes training in areas such as agronomy, crop science, climate science, plant pathology, rural sociology, anthropology, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, seed science and systems, bioinformatics, and conflict and conflict resolution. It does not include nutrition-related trainings; nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive training should be reported under HL.9-4.
This indicator measures individuals receiving degree-granting training; individuals applying new practices based on their training should be reported under indicator EG.3.2-24 Number of individuals in the agri-foodagriculture system who have applied improved management practices or technologies with USG assistance.
| Primary SPS Linkage | EG.3.2 |
| Linkage to Long-Term Outcome or Impact | Measures enhanced human capacity for policy formulation, technology development and research/education capacity building and implementation, which is key to transformational development. This is an output indicator and could be applicable to many parts of the Global Food Security Strategy results framework. |
| Indicator Type | Output |
| Unit of Measure | Number |
| Use of Indicator | This indicator will be used to report on progress in the Feed the Future Progress Report. |
| Reporting Frequency | Annual |
| Data Source | Implementing Partners' program documents tracking individuals in training programs. |
| Bureau Owner(s) | Agency: USAID |
Bureau and Office: RFS/ALD POC: Chris Hillbruner, 202-712-0053, rfs.ald@usaid.gov Disaggregate(s) Sex: Male, female Duration: New - the individual received USG-supported training for the first time during the reporting year; Continuing - the individual received USG-supported training in the previous…
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