Drivers of Change (DoC) is an approach developed by DFID to address the lack of linkages between a country’s political framework and the operations of development agencies. The approach focuses on the interplay of economic, social and political factors that support or impede poverty reduction.
This paper looks at how the Drivers of Change approach works and the key elements of the approach. The paper is part of a toolkit that describes a range of tools that civil society organisations might use to understand and map political context, in order to engage more effectively in policy processes.