Key Technical Resources

• Civic Education Primer

• Advocacy in Restricted Spaces: A Toolkit for Civil Society Organizations

• Maintaining Civic Space in Backsliding Regimes

• Grassroots Reform in the Global South

• Making Human Rights Campaigns Effective While Limiting Unintended Consequences

• Struggles from Below: Literature Review on Human Rights Struggles by Domestic Actors

Media Assessment Tool

Disinformation Primer

Improving Democracy Assistance : Building Knowledge through Evaluations and Research Report (2008)

Deepening our Understanding of the Effects of US Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building (2008)

• Rule of Law Practitioner's Guide (2020)

• Designing and Implementing Court Automation Projects Guide (2019)

• Non-State Justice System Programming: A Practitioners’ Guide (2019)

• Key Document:Guide to Rule of Law Country Analysis: The Rule of Law Strategic Framework (2010) [pdf]

• Crime and Prevention Field Guide Final Report 2016

• Integrating Rule of Law and Global Development: Food Security, Climate Change, and Public Health 2013 [pdf]

• Field Guide for USAID DG Officers: Assistance to Civilian Law Enforcement in Developing Countries (2011) [pdf]

• HIV/AIDS Legal Assessment Tool (2011) [pdf]

• Guide to Court Reform and the Role of Court Personnel: A Guide for USAID Democracy and Governance Workers (2010) [pdf]

• Reducing Corruption in the Judiciary (2009) [pdf]

• Using Administrative Law Tools and Concepts to Strengthen USAID Programming (2008) [pdf]

• Anticorruption and Police Integrity (2007) [pdf]

• USAID Legal Empowerment of the Poor: From Concepts to Assessment 2007 [p

• Rebuilding the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Environments 2005

• Alternative Dispute Resolution Guide(link is external) (1998)

• Democratic Decentralization Programming Handbook (2009) [pdf]

• Interagency Security Sector Reform Guide (2009) [pdf]

• Handbook on Legislative Strengthening (2000) [pdf]

• Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Field Guide (2013) [pdf]

• Field Guide: Helping Prevent Mass Atrocities [pdf]

• Transition Elections and Political Processes in Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations: Lesson Learned (2007) [pdf]

• Best Practices in Electoral Security: A Guide for Democracy, Human Rights and Governance Programming (2013) [pdf]

• Best Practices in Electoral Security: A Guide for Democracy, Human Rights and Governance Programming (2013) [pdf]

• Electoral Security Framework: Technical Guidance Handbook for Democracy and Governance Officers (2010) [pdf]