Through this USAID-funded project, Nathan Associates and partner JE Austin Associates helped institute public-private dialogue on competitiveness and support Pakistani industries in boosting their competitiveness and productivity. With help from the project, the Pakistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority, … Read More
Constraints on economic growth in Peru and the other Andean countries include unnecessary bureaucracy, inadequate infrastructure, rigid workforce regulations, insufficient dispute resolution mechanisms, insufficient competition, and a plethora of bilateral trade agreements at odds with regional agreements. CRECER encouraged policy … Read More
The Government of the Philippines has done much to improve the environment for investment: tamed inflation, adopted a market-determined exchange rate, reversed protectionist trade policies, and made a host of legal and regulatory changes to open domestic markets. Nathan Associates … Read More
To promote trade, investment, and development throughout the Greater Mekong region, a major road corridor improvement was proposed to reduce transportation costs and transit times for passengers and commodities. Client Asian Development Bank Purpose Identify road improvement scenarios for linking … Read More
To achieve full cost recovery of tariffs for urban water supply and wastewater services, the Government of Mozambique introduced a management framework for running services and a Water Supply Regulatory Council (CRA) to regulate services, safeguard consumers? interests, approve changes … Read More
Billy Cook, et al. v. Powell Buick, Inc., et al.No. 94-1730 (U.S.D.C., W.D. LA) Senior vice president Gary French submitted an affidavit and testified at a hearing on class certification issues in an antitrust case brought against the Louisiana Automobile … Read More
The telecom regulator Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM) sought technical assistance on improving quality of service (QOS) by enabling telecommunication access, voice calls, and SMS inter-and intra-network calls. Nathan performed a benchmark analysis for QOS standards, and issued … Read More
For a public-private partnership foundation in India, Nathan India studied the socioeconomic impact of arterial networks of roads and highways in India and the potential returns on investment in those networks. We examined the impact of roads and highways on … Read More
Through the Country Analytical Support project (CAS I), Nathan Associates developed a standard methodology for producing reports that provide a clear and concise evaluation of economic growth performance. Reports were tailored to the needs of USAID missions and regional bureaus … Read More
Once relatively prosperous, Croatia emerged from a mild recession in 2000 with a sound tourism sector, but massive structural unemployment. Coalition politics and public resistance impeded economic reforms needed to spur growth. Nathan Associates worked to improve Croatia’s business environment … Read More