Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 05/2009

Survey of US Security Sector Reform

Jake Sherman

March 2009

Center on International Cooperation

Abstract

This report by Jake Sherman for Saferworld provides an overview of the US Government's arrangement for monitoring and evaluating (M&E) the support it provides to security sector reform. It examines the M&E systems that already exist for similar types of work as well as looking at any specific treatment given to SSR, before also identifying outstanding needs, challenges and any trends and opportunities that exist for improving M&E in this area.