Building on the achievements of its predecessors, MYPE Competitiva/ATCB and CRECER, the Peru and Andean Trade Capacity Building (PATCB) project strengthened the human, informational, and institutional resources necessary for trade-induced growth in Peru and the Andean region. The main goal … Read More
Bringing a market based approach to supporting food security in West Africa
West Africa is home to a large number of Africa’s poor. In parts of the region, the incidence of hunger, malnutrition and poverty is among the highest in Africa. Over the past decade regional governments have pursued misconceived policies to achieve national food sovereignty, periodically imposing export bans, which exacerbate shortages and resulting in price rises for food in neighbouring countries. These policies failed to take advantage of complementarities between drier conditions in the North and tropical conditions in the South, which could increase the availability of food and reduce its cost across the region. As a result, the agricultural sector of each country had failed to fulfil its full potential. Nathan developed a market systems approach to enable DFID to demonstrate how greater and more sustainable regional trade in food could reduce food insecurity.
Focusing on trade between Nigeria and Niger, and between Ghana and Burkina Faso, Nathan helped develop a £15m, five-year support programme for regional staple food markets in West Africa.
Highlights:
* Direct benefit for over 72,000 farmers and support for over 360,000 rural poor in targeted regions.
* Increased annual productivity of 160 per cent for 3,000 famers, through better input use.
* Increased annual value addition of 20 per cent for 10,000 farmers through access to finance.
* Investment in innovative new systems, including creating over 58,000 metric tonnes of warehouse receipt system (WRS) storage space by 2017.… Read More
For Gerdau, one of the largest long steel producers in the world, Nathan conducted study to estimate the availability and use of ferrous scrap, a vital raw material for new steel production in three countries, i.e., Peru, Mexico and Argentina. … 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
The Kingdom of Jordan had an ambitious agenda for accelerating economic growth, promoting social inclusion, and stimulating social and political development. The agenda entailed helping Jordanian Customs modernize operations, meet international commitments, and facilitate trade while ensuring that the private … Read More
For the Ministry of Textiles, Nathan India, along with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), conducted a study to benchmark the Indian textile and apparel industry vis-à-vis its competitors in the post-Multi Fiber Agreement era. The … Read More
Food security in Nigeria is threatened by poor transportation, customs procedures, and policy. As a subcontractor on USAID’s Markets Program, Nathan Associates worked to ease the movement of staple crops in Nigeria by improving logistics in certain transport corridors, advancing … 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
Nathan Associates managed a program to support implementation of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) as called for in the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint. ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, consists of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, … Read More