Resource Library - Toolkits and Guides

  • AEO Programs Handbook [3.68 MB - PDF] - Published: April 13, 2010
    The Authorized Economic Operator Program Handbook is the fourth in a series of customs modernization handbooks commissioned by USAID. This handbook provides Customs administrations in developing countries with practical, detailed guidance and best...
  • Agricultural Recovery for Resilience [432.77 KB - PDF] - Published: August 19, 2008
    Author: Weidemann Associates, Inc.
    This document develops an agricultural sector recovery assessment tool that would identify specific assessment questions to guide assessment team members when conducting a post-crisis agricultural sector recovery assessment.
  • Alternative Business Enabling Environment Rankings [519.74 KB - PDF] - Published: June 24, 2008
    Author: BGI
    This document summarizes the Doing Business Report, the Global Competitiveness Index, the Index of Economic Freedom and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. This paper is meant to help guide the reader to a better understanding of these differences...
  • Developing Corporate Bond Markets in Emerging Economies [1.98 MB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2009
    Author: The Pragma Corporation; Chemonics International Inc.
    FS Share produced FS Series #6: Developing Corporate Bond Markets in Emerging Economies to provide U.S. government (USG) program designers with a basis of technical understanding of corporate bond issuances and approaches to developing a sustainable...
  • Developing Corporate Bond Markets in Emerging Economies - Diagnostic Checklist [103.48 KB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2009
    Author: The Pragma Corporation; Chemonics International Inc.
    FS Share produced FS Series #6: Developing Corporate Bond Markets in Emerging Economies to provide U.S. government (USG) program designers with a basis of technical understanding of corporate bond issuances and approaches to developing a sustainable...
  • DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATION OF RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL FINANCE FOR FOOD SECURITY [78.97 KB - PDF] - Published: April 1, 2010
     
  • Enabling Mobile Money Interventions [1.12 MB - PDF] - Published: April 1, 2010
    Author: Chemonics International
    FS Share produced FS Series #9: Enabling Mobile Money Interventions in order to provide U.S. government program designers with a basic technical understanding of mobile phone banking (m-banking) and mobile money transfers (MMT) and how to...
  • Enabling Mobile Money Interventions - Diagnostic Checklist [341.94 KB - PDF] - Published: April 1, 2010
    Author: Chemonics International
    FS Share produced FS Series #9: Enabling Mobile Money Interventions, including a primer, diagnostic checklist and model scopes of work, to provide U.S. Government (USG) program designers with a basic technical...
  • Enabling Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Access to Finance [1.49 MB - PDF] - Published: September 1, 2009
    Author: USAID; Crimson Capital; Shorebank International Ltd.; Chemonics International
    FS Share produced FS Series #4: Enabling Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Access to Finance, including a primer, diagnostic checklist and model scope of work, to provide U.S. government (USG) program designers with a basis of technical...
  • Enabling Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Access to Finance - Diagnostic Checklist [109.4 KB - PDF] - Published: September 1, 2009
    Author: USAID; Crimson Capital; Shorebank Internaional Ltd.; Chemonics International
    FS Share produced FS Series #4: Enabling Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Access to Finance, including a primer, diagnostic checklist and model scope of work, to provide U.S. government (USG) program designers with a basis of technical...
  • Enabling Sub-Sovereign Bond Issuances [879.84 KB - PDF] - Published: February 2, 2009
    Author: Chemonics International
    Enabling Sub-sovereign Bond Issuances - FS Series #1 provides a summary of sub-sovereign bonds as an important instrument to consider when exploring models of sustainable long-term financing for local governments. It provides an overview...
  • Enabling Sub-Sovereign Bond Issuances - Diagnostic Checklist [128.46 KB - PDF] - Published: February 2, 2009
    Author: Chemonics International
     This diagnostic checklist is a tool for US government program officers to preliminarily evaluate if the fundamental legal and regulatory, market, and local government-specific prerequisites are in place for developing a viable sub-...
  • Enhancing the Leasing Enabling Environment [658.3 KB - PDF] - Published: March 1, 2010
    Author: USAID; QED Group LLC; Chemonics International
    FS Share produced FS Se
  • Enhancing the Leasing Enabling Environment - Diagnostic Checklist [128.12 KB - PDF] - Published: March 1, 2010
    Author: USAID; QED Group LLC; Chemonics International
  • Enterprise Growth Initiatives -- Strategic Directions and Options [618.45 KB - PDF] - Published: February 17, 2004
    Author: DAI
    The important role that the private sector plays in reshaping underperforming economies is underscored by literature reviews and shown in program results.
  • Enterprise Growth Initiatives -- Strategic Directions and Options Handbook [868.83 KB - PDF] - Published: July 7, 2004
    Author: DAI
    This handbook is for practitioners who would like more information and practical guidance on the concepts, analysis, and recommendations contained in the report, “Enterprise Growth Initiatives: Strategic Directions and Options.” The...
  • Establishing Modern Secured Financing Systems in Developing Economies [894.45 KB - PDF] - Published: June 1, 2009
    Author: USAID; Chemonics International
    FS Share produced FS Series #10: Establishing Modern Secured Financing Systems in Developing Economies, including a primer, diagnostic checklist and model scopes of work, to provide U.S. government (USG) program designers with a basis of...
  • FS Series #10: Establishing Modern Secured Financing Systems in Developing Economies [894.45 KB - PDF] - Published: June 1, 2010
    Author: Chemonics International Inc.
    FS Share produced FS Series #10: Establising Modern Secured Financing Systems in Developing Economies, including a primer, diagnostic checklist and model scopes of work, to provide U.S. government (USG) program designers with a basis of...
  • FS Series #12: Developing Government Bond Markets [869.64 KB - PDF] - Published: October 1, 2010
    Author: Commonwealth Secretariat and Chemonics International
      This FS Share paper was developed in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat. It was written by Baudouin Richard and Arindam Roy with the Commonwealth Secretariat and reviewed by FS Share on behalf of Chemonics International.
  • FS Series #1: Enabling Sub-Sovereign Bond Issuances [879.84 KB - PDF] - Published: February 2, 2009
    Author: Chemonics International Inc.
    FS Series #1: Enabling Sub-sovereign Bond Issuances provides a summary of sub-sovereign bonds as an important instrument to consider when exploring models of sustainable long-term financing for local governments.
  • FS Series #2: Health Sector Financing in Developing Countries [1.03 MB - PDF] - Published: March 2, 2009
    Author: Chemonics International Inc.
     FS Series #2: Health Sector Financing in Developing Countries provides an overview of health financing, including the core functions of health financing, common mechanisms and approaches, and financing issues frequently faced in low- and...
  • FS Series #3: Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus [1.23 MB - PDF] - Published: November 2, 2009
    Author: Baja Group Consulting; Chemonics International
     The objective of FS Series #3: Supporting the Establishment of Credit Bureaus&nb
  • FS Series #4: Enabling Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Access to Finance [1.49 MB - PDF] - Published: September 1, 2009
    Author: Crimson Capital; Shorebank International Ltd.; Chemonics International
    The objective of this FS Series is to provide U.S. government (USG) program designerswith a basis of technical understanding of approaches to enable access to financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets. The FS...
  • FS Series #5: Value Chain Finance [1.74 MB - PDF] - Published: September 1, 2009
    Author: Chemonics International Inc.
    The objective of this FS Series, Value Chain Finance, is to provide U.S. government (USG) program designers with a basic technical understanding of value chain finance (VCF) and how to design approaches to increase access to financial services that...
  • FS Series #6: Developing Corporate Bond Markets in Emerging Economies [1.98 MB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2009
    Author: Pragma Corporation; Chemonics International Inc.
    FS Share produced FS Series #6: Developing Corporate Bond Markets in Emerging Economies to provide U.S. government (USG) program designers with a basis of technical understanding of corporate bond issuances and approaches to developing a sustainable...