"This report presents the findings of the Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of the Mozambique Media Strengthening Program (MSP), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The MSP project, with a period of performance of June 10, 2012-June 11, 2017 and a budget of $9,978,124 million, is being implemented by the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX). The MSP is the largest activity in USAID/Mozambique’s Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) portfolio. Launched by IREX in June 2012, its goal is “[a] free, open, diverse, and self-sustaining Mozambican media sector providing high-quality information to citizens that promotes debate, accountability, and transparency.” The MSP contributes to USAID broader objective of strengthening democratic governance of Mozambican institutions and second- and third-order aims of more effective civil society participation in governance processes and citizens becoming better informed of their rights and responsibilities. This evaluation of the MSP seeks to achieve two purposes. First, the assessment attempts to validate interventions that are valued by stakeholders and that contribute to desired results, and second, the study aims to generate evidence-based recommendations for improved implementation of MSP over its final two years." (Executive summary)