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  • Afghanistan's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2009 [154.01 KB - PDF] - Published: October 14, 2009
    Author: BGI
    Afghanistan’s GDP growth fell in the 2008/2009 fiscal year (March 21st-March 20th) but is expected to recover.
  • Aid to Artisans: Building Profitable Craft Businesses [450.64 KB - PDF] - Published: April 7, 2009
    Author: BGI
    This Notes from the Field, prepared by Aid to Artisans, for the BGI project, and in conjunction with the Driving Growth through Innovation and Enterprise Development conference, examines the role of handcrafts in economic growth and export promotion...
  • 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...
  • Bangladesh's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2009 [111.43 KB - PDF] - Published: September 4, 2009
    Author: BGI
    Economic growth continues in Bangladesh, although at a slower pace, during the world economic slowdown. 
  • Bangladesh's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2010 [49.5 KB - DOC] - Published: September 23, 2010
    Author: BGI
    Economic growth continues in Bangladesh, although at a slower pace, during the world economic slowdown. 
  • Building a Warehouse Receipts Program that Works for all Stakeholders [682.44 KB - PDF] - Published: November 19, 2007
    Author: BGI
    This report presents the lessons learned from the warehouse receipts program in Zambia. This article sets out that warehouse receipts are not an isolated service or function; rather they are a derived service which is based on a functioning and...
  • Burma's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2009 [140.74 KB - PDF] - Published: November 2, 2009
    Author: BGI
    The Burmese economy continues to grow very slowly.
  • Burma's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2010 [209.44 KB - PDF] - Published: December 21, 2010
    Author: BGI
    No significant changes in economic policymaking are expected despite the recent dramatic political developments.  
  • Business Environment and SME Exports: The Case of Chile (Research Report) [834.87 KB - PDF] - Published: November 13, 2007
    Author: BGI
    This case study seeks to connect Chile’s reforms in the business environment with its positive performance in international trade. Two objectives are to identify the economic and institutional factors that account for the sustained expansion...
  • Business Environment and SME Exports: The Case of Chile (Technical Note) [528.79 KB - PDF] - Published: November 7, 2007
    Author: BGI
    The research behind this Technical Brief examined the relationship between the business environment and SME export performance in Chile. This report focuses on issues of firm access and participation in non-traditional export markets and sheds light...
  • Cambodia's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2009 [128.39 KB - PDF] - Published: December 8, 2009
    Author: BGI
    The economy is estimated to have contracted in 2009 but is projected to grow again in 2010 and 2011.
  • Cambodia's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2010 [39.5 KB - DOC] - Published: October 27, 2010
    Author: BGI
    Cambodia’s economy is estimated to have contracted in 2009 but is projected to grow again in 2010 and 2011. 
  • Case Studies in Enterprise Development in Post-Conflict Situations (Technical Note) [939.34 KB - PDF] - Published: March 10, 2008
    Author: BGI
    This brief presents three examples of enterprise development in post-conflict environments: Bosnia, Philippines, and Afghanistan. Through these cases, the brief highlights critical factors that an enterprise needs to succeed in a post-conflict...
  • China's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2009 [152.94 KB - PDF] - Published: November 10, 2009
    Author: BGI
    China’s phenomenal economic rise since it started to reform its economic system in 1979 is one of the major world events of the past 30 years.
  • Economic Gardening in Bosnia-Herzegovina [528.57 KB - PDF] - Published: June 12, 2008
    Author: BGI
    The Linking Agricultural Markets to Producers (LAMP) project in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to foster economic growth through improving the competitiveness of the agriculture and...
  • Egypt's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2010 [28.43 KB - PDF] - Published: September 22, 2010
    Author: BGI
    The 2008-2009 global crisis affected the Egyptian economy, but its impact was relatively moderate.
  • Egypt's Economic Prospects and Challenges 2009 [105.15 KB - PDF] - Published: June 25, 2009
    Author: BGI
    The global economic crisis poses new challenges for the Egyptian authorities, but so far the economy is weathering the crisis better than most. 
  • Extracting Value for Enterprises: Enterprise Development in the Mining Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa (Technical Note) [300.06 KB - PDF] - Published: September 7, 2009
    Author: BGI
    This paper examines programs that offer economic opportunities to indigenous small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) within the mine’s supply chain. We begin with a brief overview of the mining sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, the constraints...
  • Global Ready Indonesia [321.41 KB - PDF] - Published: May 11, 2010
    Author: BGI
    SRA International was selected by Qualcomm to establish and implement technology training centers in Indonesia. The purpose of the project was to demonstrate the value of wireless technology in connecting disadvantaged populations with high quality...
  • India's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2009 [147.43 KB - PDF] - Published: November 13, 2009
    Author: BGI
    The global recession has affected Indian growth through investment.
  • India's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2010 [59 KB - DOC] - Published: September 30, 2010
    Author: BGI
    The beginning of 2010 has seen an increase in economic activity in India. 
  • Indonesia's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2010 [49 KB - DOC] - Published: November 5, 2010
    Author: BGI
    While politically stable and sailing through the global economic crisis, Indonesia still has many systemic problems.
  • Indonesia's Economic Prospects and Challenges [121.77 KB - PDF] - Published: September 23, 2009
    Author: BGI
    Democratic Indonesia is politically stable and is weathering the global economic crisis better than most other developing countries.
  • Iraq's Economic Prospect's and Challenges, 2010 [162.76 KB - PDF] - Published: November 22, 2010
    Author: BGI
    Iraq, a fairly prosperous middle-income country in the 1970s, has seen its economy and society battered by three decades of mismanaged government, wars and insurrections.
  • Iraq's Economic Prospects and Challenges, 2009 [1.14 MB - PDF] - Published: May 18, 2009
    Author: BGI
    Iraq's strained fiscal situation and sluggish economic development pose risks to continued security and political progress.