Gauging Provincial Reconstruction Team Effectiveness

<p>PRTs: How Do We Know if They Work? Stability Security Transition and Reconstruction (SSTR) programs have become central to the US and NATO efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan and will continue to play a key role in any operational plan effort during the stability operations or the transfer to civil authority phase. Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) are the near unanimous governmental tool of choice for implementing SSTR efforts yet there is no quantitative way to determine if PRTs are achieving the desired effects or progressing towards the desired objectives. Research has revealed little or no work done towards formalizing effectiveness measures in spite of official direction to accomplish the same. A 2007 General Accountability Office report found the DOD has taken several steps to improve planning for stability operations but faces challenges in developing capabilities and measures of effectiveness and DOD has made limited progress in developing measures of effectiveness because of weaknesses in DOD's guidance. Undoubtedly there exists a significant need for MoEs with little being done to address the problem. One could presume the lack of effort stems from personnel being too busy conducting operations to address what is perceived as a secondary tasking.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>