The movement of goods in West Africa is plagued with difficulty. The most active area for movement comprises the member countries of UEMOA (West Africa Monetary Union) and Ghana, a trade partner and gateway for neighboring francophone countries. At the … Read More
Recession and Public Policies Curb Industry Growth December 10, 2009?Dr. Alan Meister, author of the annual Indian Gaming Industry Report, attributes the slower growth of Indian gaming in 2008 to the recession. The slowing growth pattern of previous years, however, … Read More
The Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Sultanate of Oman to establish Oman Broadband Company (OBC) was developed as a new state owned vehicle to provide broadband telecommunications services to economically unviable areas. Nathan was responsible for developing the … Read More
A major Canadian telecommunications company received assistance from Nathan with submissions to the Canadian Radio-television and Communications Commission’s review of wholesale telecommunications policy. Nathan analyzed international practice in regulating wholesale broadband prices and in setting thresholds for forbearance for dominant … Read More
A private investment bank was structuring the financing of the construction of a Hydroelectric Project in Brazil with a capacity of 250 MW, and Nathan conducted a due diligence on the technical, commercial, financial, and regulatory aspects of the project. … Read More
US-APEC Technical Assistance to Advance Regional Integration (US-ATAARI) is a five-year activity that aims to strengthen the capacity of the APEC Secretariat and APEC’s foreign-assistance eligible developing member economies to advance regional economic integration and achieve the Bogor Goals of free and … Read More
Nathan undertook an analysis of the impact of the revision in the FDI policy in the aviation sector and used economic literature, international experience and evidence to evaluate the impact that the Jet-Etihad transaction would have on consumers, the airline … Read More
Nathan was contracted by the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) to perform due diligence analysis for a project with Consorcio Azucarero SAC (CASAC) funded by the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) in Lambayeque, Peru. CASAC developed a green energy project for sugar … Read More
For the British High Commission under the Prosperity Fund, Nathan undertook a study to evaluate the relevance and impact of priority sector lending (PSL) norms for foreign banks in India. The study analyzed whether such PSL norms are the most … Read More
USAID ASEAN Connectivity through Trade and Investment (US-ACTI) was a five-and-a-half-year project supporting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) economic integration efforts from 2013 through 2018. US-ACTI supported ASEAN in the areas of customs modernization, trade and investment facilitation, … Read More