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
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
Ghana has experienced robust growth thanks to increased oil and gas production, private sector investment, and political stability. Northern Ghana, however, has remained underdeveloped, despite the rapid growth of the country’s economy and there is an increasing need to integrate … Read More
The Advancing Philippine Competitiveness (COMPETE) project is a cornerstone of USAID’s Partnership for Growth with the Philippine government. The partnership supported policy and regulatory reform of the business-enabling environment. COMPETE provided technical assistance to Promote trade and investment through the … Read More
For developing countries, economic growth through increases in trade is the fastest way to reduce poverty. In the East African Community, this requires improving competitiveness of exports at national and regional level, particularly since the EAC market must operate in … Read More
Nathan provided technical assistance to strengthen food security in ASEAN’s member states through the Maximizing Agricultural Revenue through Knowledge, Enterprise Development, and Trade (MARKET) project, the fifth under the ADVANCE program. MARKET had three objectives: Strengthen the ASEAN institutional platform … Read More
Nathan and partner DAI implemented the USAID-funded Support Program for Economic and Enterprise Development (SPEED) Program. Nathan worked with the government and the private sector to strengthen private sector participation in policymaking and to prioritize, build consensus on, adopt, and … Read More
The Inclusive Growth Programme (UNNATI) is in 7 districts in the Eastern Development Region (EDR). The programme focuses on providing support to the private sector, and is expected to strengthen market-based inclusive growth. The overall objective of the programme is … Read More
Nathan led the team designing a £35m programme for DFID’s Africa regional department. The programme aims to make regional food staple markets work better, reducing price volatility and supporting growth. The programme is currently being implemented. The design focused on … Read More
Managed by Nathan, the Making Markets Work Better for the Poor Phase 2 (M4P2) project advanced systemic change in market systems for infrastructure services, agro-processing value chains, and labor so economic growth is both efficient and inclusive of the poor. … Read More