Luke Waggoner is a former senior democracy and governance specialist at Chemonics.
The Security Sector Governance (SSG) Task Order was a six-year USAID funded program that provided technical assistance and analysis on rule of law and security sector reform and assisted communities to more effectively assess, design, implement, and evaluate security sector governance projects. SSG was demand-driven and enabled USAID and the U.S. government to respond to…
This final report summarizes the achievements and outcomes of the Ghana Case Tracking System (CTS) Activity, and how it supported the Government of Ghana’s ability to effectively investigate and prosecute criminal acts. It also enhanced the tracking criminal cases from their introduction into the system to their prosecution, trial, and sentencing in the courts, and…
The Mexico EnfoqueDH final report ties together the significant progress achieved in the human rights space in Mexico from 2015 to 2021. Thanks to the project’s impact in Coahuila, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas, Mexico has seen reductions in gross human rights violations, disappearances, and human rights abuses. This report highlights the project’s highlights,…
This final report describes the accomplishments of the Human and Institutional Capacity Development 2020 Activity. HICD 2020 was designed to assist USAID/Georgia in addressing its partner organizations’ administrative limitations and performance gaps that impeded the effective implementation of all key reforms, including those related to the European Union Association Agreement, the Open Government Action Plan,…
Since achieving independence, Kosovo has made great strides in strengthening its judicial branch of government; reforms, however, have focused mainly on updating court systems and institutions instead of on Kosovo citizens’ interactions with justice services. The public remains reluctant to trust and use their justice system, and access to justice services remains out of reach…
The Somalia Stability Fund launched the Support to Four State Assemblies in Somalia (Gole-Kaab) project in 2018 to support the state assemblies of Jubbaland, South West State, Hirshabelle, Galmudug, and Puntland. The project improved legislative processes, increased oversight on the executive branch, strengthened relations between members of parliament (MPs) and constituents, established effective secretariats, increased…
Human traffickers prey on people in crisis, and the global economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health restrictions have left many people desperate for necessities and vulnerable to deceptive and unscrupulous economic exploitation. At least in Myanmar, people are becoming increasingly desperate for employment and are willing to overlook known risks of…
Heather Goldsmith was formerly the human rights advisor for the Asia Business Unit.