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Design of West Africa Regional Food Markets Programme
Bringing a market based approach to supporting food security in West Africa
West Africa is home to a large number of Africa’s poor. In parts of the region, the incidence of hunger, malnutrition and poverty is among the highest in Africa. Over the past decade regional governments have pursued misconceived policies to achieve national food sovereignty, periodically imposing export bans, which exacerbate shortages and resulting in price rises for food in neighbouring countries. These policies failed to take advantage of complementarities between drier conditions in the North and tropical conditions in the South, which could increase the availability of food and reduce its cost across the region. As a result, the agricultural sector of each country had failed to fulfil its full potential. Nathan developed a market systems approach to enable DFID to demonstrate how greater and more sustainable regional trade in food could reduce food insecurity.
Focusing on trade between Nigeria and Niger, and between Ghana and Burkina Faso, Nathan helped develop a £15m, five-year support programme for regional staple food markets in West Africa.
Highlights:
* Direct benefit for over 72,000 farmers and support for over 360,000 rural poor in targeted regions.
* Increased annual productivity of 160 per cent for 3,000 famers, through better input use.
* Increased annual value addition of 20 per cent for 10,000 farmers through access to finance.
* Investment in innovative new systems, including creating over 58,000 metric tonnes of warehouse receipt system (WRS) storage space by 2017.… Read More
Peru, Advisory Services on Telecommunications Regulation
Peru’s telecom regulator, Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL), sought advice on the implementation of telecom regulations outlined in the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). Nathan analyzed in depth the U.S regulatory experience with unbundling network elements. … Read More
Estimating Damages of Failed Software Implementation
Cesk Sporitelna, a.s., v. Unisys Corporation C.A No. 96 cv-4152 (U.S.D.C., E.D. PA) Cesk Sporitelna, the largest commercial bank in the Czech Republic, contracted subsidiaries of Unisys Corporation to design and install a computerized and integrated, retail banking system. Ultimately, … Read More
Environmental Claims in Bankruptcy
Our experts provided testimony in some of the largest bankruptcies involving environmental claims in U.S. history, including In re: ASARCO LLC, et al and In re: Tronox Incorporated, et al (as part of the subsequent litigation with Kerr McGee and … Read More
Insurance Recovery on behalf of a Municipality
A major division of a large municipality sought cost recovery under an existing pollution legal liability (PLL) policy. This $100 million policy covered hundreds of sites over a 20-year period. Numerous policy conditions and exclusions were at issue. The insurer … Read More
Port Market Assessment, Colombia
With Colombia’s strategic geographic location at the mouth of South America, which provides port access to both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and proximity to the Panama Canal and U.S. markets, Columbia is an attractive option for international companies looking … Read More
Economic Evaluation of IFC Port Investment (Colombia) (IFC)
“In Colombia, the IFC desired to undertake an evaluation of its investment in Muelles el Bosque (MEB). MEB, located in the city of Cartagena, was the first privately-owned maritime terminal and is the only terminal that provides specialized services for … Read More
Estimating Availability and Use of Ferrous Scrap in Peru, Mexico and Argentina
For Gerdau, one of the largest long steel producers in the world, Nathan conducted study to estimate the availability and use of ferrous scrap, a vital raw material for new steel production in three countries, i.e., Peru, Mexico and Argentina. … Read More
Due Diligence of the Hidroalto Hydropower Plant Ecuador & Independent Engineer and Construction Supervision of Hidroalto Hydroelectric Project Ecuador
The Government of Ecuador granted a 50-year concession to a private operator/investor to design, finance, construct, operate, maintain, own, and manage a 27 MW run-of-the-river hydropower plant with an estimated investment cost of US$45 million. On behalf of the Inter-American … Read More
Philippines, Institutional Strengthening of Air Transport Industry for the COMPETE Project
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) sought assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Advancing Philippine Competitiveness (COMPETE) Project to strengthen the authority’s regulatory capability. The objective was to avoid a second downgrade of the Philippines’ civil … Read More
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