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Pakistan Initiative for Strategic Development and Competitiveness
Through this USAID-funded project, Nathan Associates and partner JE Austin Associates helped institute public-private dialogue on competitiveness and support Pakistani industries in boosting their competitiveness and productivity. With help from the project, the Pakistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority, … Read More
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Peru, Creating Conditions for Economic Revitalization (CRECER)
Constraints on economic growth in Peru and the other Andean countries include unnecessary bureaucracy, inadequate infrastructure, rigid workforce regulations, insufficient dispute resolution mechanisms, insufficient competition, and a plethora of bilateral trade agreements at odds with regional agreements. CRECER encouraged policy … Read More
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Philippines, Economic Mobilization through Efficient Reforms and Government Enhancement
The Government of the Philippines has done much to improve the environment for investment: tamed inflation, adopted a market-determined exchange rate, reversed protectionist trade policies, and made a host of legal and regulatory changes to open domestic markets. Nathan Associates … Read More
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Assessment of the Potential Economic Impacts of the Nacala Rail and Port Project
The IFC was considering an investment in the Nacala railway corridor in Mozambique and Malawi, consisting of a 912 km railway from Moatize, through Malawi, to the new, coal-specialized port in Nacala and the existing Port of Nacala. Vale, a … Read More
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Socioeconomic Impact of Roads and Highways, India
For a public-private partnership foundation in India, Nathan India studied the socioeconomic impact of arterial networks of roads and highways in India and the potential returns on investment in those networks. We examined the impact of roads and highways on … Read More
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Country Analytic Support I and II
Through the Country Analytical Support project (CAS I), Nathan Associates developed a standard methodology for producing reports that provide a clear and concise evaluation of economic growth performance. Reports were tailored to the needs of USAID missions and regional bureaus … Read More
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Croatia, Competitiveness Initiative
Once relatively prosperous, Croatia emerged from a mild recession in 2000 with a sound tourism sector, but massive structural unemployment. Coalition politics and public resistance impeded economic reforms needed to spur growth. Nathan Associates worked to improve Croatia’s business environment … Read More
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Croatia, Enterprise Support Program
Croatia faces daunting requirements in acceding to the European Union as well as economic challenges. Unemployment is high, foreign debt is rising, and foreign investment has declined as privatizations have slowed. Small businesses have difficulty expanding because lenders impose stiff … Read More
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Egypt, Developing Capacity for Economic Policy Reform
Creating a market economy through policy reform Faced with declining economic growth, high inflation, and shrinking foreign reserves, policymakers in Egypt realized that they had to create a market economy from the remnants of a 40-year-old command economy. In 1991, … Read More
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Egypt, ICT Entrepreneurship Program
To become more competitive in global markets, Egyptian information and communications technology (ICT) businesses need access to capital markets domestic, regional, and international. Accessing those markets, however, requires skill and experience. Even now, as ICT is growing as a share … Read More
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