An Inclusive Development Analysis (IDA) is an analytic tool that assists in the inclusion of marginalized and underrepresented groups in policies and programming.
An IDA aims to:
- Identify marginalized groups in a country;
- Review the social, economic, political, and cultural factors that lead to marginalization;
- Explain the differential impact of policies and programs on these groups and the general population;
- Determine access to assets, resources, opportunities, and services;
- Identify whether groups are excluded from development programs due to their identities; and
- Generate specific programmatic recommendations to increase inclusion of marginalized groups in programming and policy.
An IDA can support the mainstreaming of inclusive development considerations across USAID programs. It is an important first step in activity design and can be a standalone analysis and/or part of other analyses such as gender analysis or Political Economy Analysis. An IDA is also known by other names, including Social Inclusion Analysis or Gender and Social Inclusion Analysis.