Resource Library (all documents)

BGI Publications, Sri Lanka, Research & Analysis

Jamaica, Technical Reports

  • Status of Recent Tax Reform in Jamaica and Benchmarking Tax System Performance, 2012 [3.2 MB - PDF] - Published: May 25, 2012
    Author: Arturo Jacobs, Dr. James Wooster, Luis F. Paniagua, Ronald T. McMorran
    This study provides a summary of tax-reform studies and activities in Jamaica during the past few years and benchmarks Jamaica's tax system against international experience and accepted leading practices to determine the latest levels of key...

Indonesia, Case Studies

India, Case Studies

TCBoost, Lebanon, TCBoost

  • Support for Lebanon’s Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) [240.1 KB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2009
    Author: USAID
    USAID launched this $3 million program to help Lebanon build a strong connection to the global economy and expand commercial opportunities for local businesses. The program will support continued progress on World Trade Organization (WTO) accession...
  • Support for Lebanon’s Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) SOW [114.61 KB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2009
    Author: USAID
    The main objectives of this task order are to assist the GOL in completing the process of acceding to the WTO, building the capacity within the GOL institutions to meet the obligations undertaken under the accession, introducing the necessary...

BGI Publications, Research & Analysis

  • Supporting Buyer-Supplier Relationships (Technical Note) [580 KB - PDF] - Published: July 11, 2007
    Author: BGI
    This brief includes key questions on the topic of sustainable buyer-supplier relationships, the framework around which the case studies were considered, lessons learned and recommended steps for donors in facilitating market linkages and buyer-...

Post Conflict Environment, Research & Analysis

  • Supporting Microfinance through Grands in Post-Crisis Settings [427.57 KB - PDF] - Published: August 15, 2007
    Author: DAI
    This field manual offers guidance to small grant program managers on supporting microfinance institutions (MFIs) in countries recovering from conflict or natural disaster through small, short-term grants. These guidelines will help practitioners--...

Toolkits and Guides

  • Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus [918 KB - PDF] - Published: November 2, 2009
    Author: Baja Group Consulting; Chemonics International
    FS Share produced FS Series #3: Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus  to provide U.S. government (USG) program designers with a comprehensive review of three models to support the estalishment of credit bureaus: a public...
  • Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus - Model Scopes of Work and Diagnostic Checklists [1.23 MB - PDF] - Published: November 2, 2009
    Author: Chemonics International; Baja Group Consultants
    The objective of Supporting the Establishment of Credit Unions: Three Model Scopes of Work and Diagnostic Checklists is to provide a package of flexible model scopes of works and diagnostic checklists to serve as blueprints for designers of...
  • Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus - Sample Business Plan [1.78 MB - PDF] - Published: November 2, 2009
    Author: Chemonics International Inc.
    The objective of FS Series #3: Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus is to provide a comprehensive review of three models to support the establishment of credit bureaus: a public sector registry; a private credit bureau; and a...
  • Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus - Sample Laws [543.19 KB - PDF] - Published: November 2, 2009
    Author: Chemonics International Inc.
    The objective of FS Series #3: Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus is to provide a comprehensive review of three models to support the establishment of credit bureaus: a public sector registry; a private credit bureau; and a...

Sample Statements of Work, Sample SOW

  • Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus [957.41 KB - PDF] - Published: April 15, 2009
    Author: USAID
    The objective of Supporting the Establishment of Credit Unions: Three Model Scopes of Work and Diagnostic Checklists is to provide a package of flexible model scopes of works and diagnostic checklists to serve as blueprints for designers of...

Sample SOW

Research & Analysis

  • Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus-Primer [451.58 KB - PDF] - Published: November 2, 2009
    Author: Chemonics International; Baja Group Consulting
    The objective of FS Series #3: Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus is to provide a comprehensive review of three models to support the establishment of credit bureaus: a public sector registry; a private credit bureau; and a...

BGI Publications, Montenegro, Research & Analysis

  • Sustainable Tourism Development in Rural Areas [396.23 KB - PDF] - Published: November 22, 2007
    Author: BGI
    This notes from the field draws on and summarizes the experience of CHF International in founding the Centre for Sustainable Tourism Initiatives (CSTI), a local non-governmental organization leading the development of the tourism sector in northern...

Post Conflict Environment

Economic Performance Assessments, Tajikistan, Research & Analysis

BGI Publications, Tajikistan, Research & Analysis

AgCLIR, Country Reports, Tanzania, Research & Analysis

  • Tanzania AgCLIR Report [2.69 MB - PDF] - Published: May 1, 2010
    Author: BizCLIR
    This report addresses the conditions and opportunities for doing business in Tanzania’s agriculture sector. Through close examination of the relevant laws, institutions, and social dynamics, it aims to inform assistance decisions by the United...

BizCLIR, Tanzania, Research & Analysis

Economic Performance Assessments, Tanzania, Research & Analysis

MicroCLIR, Tanzania, Research & Analysis

BGI Publications, Tanzania, Case Studies

  • Tanzanian Specialty Coffee [72.06 KB - PDF] - Published: November 12, 2007
    Author: BGI
    This case tracks the relationship between Tanzanian coffee farmers in the KILICAFE cooperative, the international NGO TechnoServe (through funding from USAID, USDA and Switzerland's Secretariat for Economic Affairs), and the United States based...

Case Studies, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Case Studies