This report is part of the thematic and country-level evaluation of GPE’s global and country-level support to its partner countries as part of its Strategic Plan for 2021–2025 (GPE 2025). To operationalize this strategy, GPE’s operating model seeks to support governments to transform their education systems.

Democratic Republic of Congo was selected as one of eight country cases for study as part of Phase 1 of the evaluation, which explores the country’s potential for transformative reform by closely examining the process of the partnership compact development, selection of its priority reform, and potential for implementation.