Former HHS Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Leads Jordan Poverty Alleviation Program

Visionary leader and consensus builder, top-level manager and policymaker, skilled communicator and family advocate. These terms come to mind when colleagues describe Carmen Nazario.A career public servant, Carmen Nazario has spent the past 25 years planning, managing, and directing social service … Read More

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December 31, 2009

Bringing Cashmere to Market in Mongolia

Date: 2001-2005 Cashmere prices may go down some day thanks to Cashmere Market Days, a trade fair organized by Nathan Associates’ Mongolia Competitiveness Initiative and the Gobi Regional Economic Growth Initiative. Initiated in June 2001, the fair will be repeated … Read More

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Iraq’s Economic Growth Rate Up—But From a Low Base

Iraq’s economic growth rate improved in 2008 as oil production neared its prewar peak, but per capita income remains well below prewar levels, and poverty—though the rates are declining—threatens political and economic stability and recovery. In a data-intensive report released … Read More

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December 30, 2009

Partnership Agreement in Croatia

As noted in the Financial Times (March 9, 2005), the Association of Croatian Exporters (HIZ) and USAID signed a partnership agreement on March 9 in Zagreb. This agreement is the latest accomplishment of the Croatia ESP project. Started in September … Read More

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Nathan Consortium Awarded Contract to Support ASEAN-US Enhanced Partnership

Award coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-US dialogue On September 26, 2007, USAID awarded Nathan Associates an indefinite quantity contract to support ASEAN-US Enhanced Partnership activities over the next five to eight years. The project—the … Read More

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Auto Parts Manufacturers Visit Morocco on Investment Mission

On March 26 and 27, 2007, potential investors in Morocco’s burgeoning automotive parts and components sector attended a two-day mission in Casablanca and the Tangiers Free Zone. Morocco’s exports of low-cost parts increased on average more than 21 percent per … Read More

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Moroccan Textile and Apparel Companies Win Attention at MAGIC

Working with the Morocco’s textile and apparel trade association (AMITH) and export promotion agency (CMPE), Nathan’s New Business Opportunities (NBO) project is helping Moroccan companies take advantage of export opportunities arising from the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. On February 13-16, … Read More

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Salvadoran Companies to Seek U.S. Buyers at Natural Products Expo East

Date: 2001-2005 Garnering nearly $1 million in sales by attending BIOFACH 2004 in Germany, El Salvadoran companies hope to duplicate their success by attending Natural Products Expo East, the world’s largest natural products trade fair, at the Washington, DC Convention … Read More

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Regulation Protecting Right Whales Will Have Economic Impact

On December 9, 2008, a new regulation to reduce the likelihood of ship strikes against migrating right whales in the North Atlantic will go into effect. Northern right whales—one of the most endangered types of large whale in the world—migrate … Read More

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December 22, 2009

All Change is Local : Supporting Reform in the Philippines

Supporting Reform in the Philippines For the next four years Nathan Associates will be working with advocacy groups in the Philippines to bring grassroots and local perspectives into the economic development plans formulated at all levels of government. USAID/Philippines has … Read More

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