Nearly 15 years of strong growth has resulted in Zambia becoming a middle-income country. Yet levels of poverty have remained intractably high (60.5% in 2010). A major reason why growth has not resulted in greater reduction in poverty levels is … Read More
Lao PDR joined the WTO in 2013, intends to be a middle-income economy by 2020, and has a fast-growing economy. As a land bridge for trade blossoming among ASEAN neighbors and beyond, the country is well-situated to benefit from open … Read More
As of 2007, the Port of Buenaventura was the only port on Colombia’s Pacific coast to handle international cargo. From 1996 to 2006, the port experienced annual container traffic growth averaging 11.5 percent per year, but the available port facilities … 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
LIFT aims to improve the incomes of the rural poor in Ethiopia through improved land tenure security and addressing the constraints faced by the rural poor to access markets. The programme aims to achieve this through three components: 1 Land … 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
Nathan Associates is working with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) and its member states to develop an online trade information portal and a template for an online integrated tariff database. The portal will provide the public and … Read More
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago was focusing on improving the Maritime Industry, since there were many cargo delays caused by the low level of port operations of the Port of Spain and Point Lisas. These high costs of doing … Read More
On behalf of the World Bank, Nathan Associates assisted Kazakhstan’s customs administration and Customs Control Committee in developing a customs legal regime that provides a legal basis for electronic processes and other modern procedures and is consistent with international standards … Read More