In 2016, ICED undertook an extensive review of best practices found across DFID and other donor programmes which utilise technical assistance to improve investment in - and delivery of - infrastructure in developing countries. The review undertook case studies of 10 high-performing technical assistance programmes which had achieved significant outcomes in infrastructure delivery, finding a number of key success factors in programme design from flexibility, to awareness of political economy and a need to take a more nuanced approach to theories of change. The finding are set out in this report.
Best practices in infrastructure technical assistance programming
This work was carried out under the Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) facility.
ICED supported DFID country offices, central teams and ODA-spending Other Government Departments to deliver DFID’s Economic Development Strategy by scaling up programming and investment in infrastructure and cities. It operated between February 2016 and July 2019.
