Enterprise Development
Donor assistance initiatives intended to promote economic
growth in developing or transitional economies have traditionally focused
on the private firm as a catalyst or “engine” of economic
development. USAID and other donors have adopted a variety of approaches
to stimulate enterprise growth. Most of these have combined “bottom-up” or
enterprise-level interventions (credit, training, technical assistance)
with broader programs intended to improve the enabling environment for
private enterprise development and growth.
Recently, USAID has developed initiatives in 23 countries that help
clusters of firms in specific industries improve their opportunities
to compete in global markets. This is being done by working collaboratively
with enterprises and host-country policy makers to strengthen the business
environment, raise production standards, create buyer-seller market linkages
and reduce or remove impediments to productive investments.
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