Abstract
This document presents an assessment of the development effectiveness of the USAID-sponsored program for the Formation of Young Leaders (FYL) on its 2nd phase in the Dominican Republic, to the extent that such effectiveness can be gaged by the observable modernization changes induced by the program in the way the political system does business in the country. The study logically follows the evaluation of the program's 1st phase, completed in 2008. The document is divided in three large sections. First, a preface on evaluability is included for the more technically inclined reader, where the above mentioned design constraints and other methodological issues are discussed. Second, the principal body of the study is presented, discussing its main findings and conclusions about the results chain -- outputs, outcomes and impacts -- achieved by the operation, both from a quantitative and qualitative point of view, as well as a section on recommendations. Finally, a statistical appendix is included, where all relevant data have been compiled for the record. (Excerpt, modified)