Resource Library - Case Studies

  • Afghanistan Fiscal Sustainability Model [220.84 KB - PDF] - Published: October 20, 2011
    This model is meant to help both U.S. and Afghan government officials analyze crucial fiscal issues as part of the lead-up to the 2014 transition/transformation and thereafter. The model includes illustrative simulations and is intended to...
  • African Trade-Related Success Stories and Case Studies [1.8 MB - PDF] - Published: June 8, 2010
    Author: AfricaNow
    This compendium includes success stories and case studies produced by implementers of USAID’s Africa Global Competitiveness Initiative and complements the compendia published by AGCI in 2008 and 2009. It highlights specific examples of...
  • Albania’s Registry Privatization from FS Series #10 [46.5 KB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2010
    Albania’s Registry Privatization from FS Series #10: Establishing Modern Secured Financing Systems in Developing EconomiesIn 2009, the Albanian Registry of Securing Charges transferred operation of the registry services to a private local...
  • Bolivia Case Study [53 KB - PDF] - Published: April 7, 2010
    The USAID-funded Rural Competivne
  • Bradesco and Banco Postal’s Business Model in Brazil from FS Series #11 [57.5 KB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2010
    Author: Chemonics International Inc.
    Bradesco and Banco Postal’s Business Model in Brazil from FS Series #11 – Innovations in Financial Services Delivery: Branchless BankingBank outsourcing and correspondents have been common in Brazil since the 1970s. In 1999, the Central...
  • 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...
  • Business Environment and SME Exports: The Case of Chile (Research Report) [834.87 KB - PDF] - Published: November 12, 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...
  • 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...
  • Case Studies: Policy Reform Lessons Learned [212.12 KB - PDF] - Published: June 11, 2007
    Author: EPIC II
    Covering the last ten years of economic growth related policy reforms, this two-part research highlights lessons learned and the case studies that best exemplify them. These reports, published under the EPIQ II IQC, cover both the management of the...
  • Comprehensive Customs Reform in Egypt [60.64 KB - PDF] - Published: June 1, 2006
  • Comprehensive fiscal reform: tax and expenditure in Kosovo [120.53 KB - PDF] - Published: June 1, 2006
  • Comprehensive Tax Reform in Egypt [74.04 KB - PDF] - Published: June 1, 2006
  • Corporate Bonds-Jordan Case Study [79.5 KB - PDF] - Published: April 7, 2010
    Jordan’s committed counterp
  • Corporate Bonds-Kazakhstan Case Study [53.5 KB - PDF] - Published: April 7, 2010
    Privatization of pension funds wa
  • Democratic Republic of Congo Case Study [19.2 KB - PDF] - Published: May 15, 2010
    USAID’s Youth Enterprise De
  • 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 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. 
  • Eko India’s Branchless Banking Model from FS Series #11 [64.5 KB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2010
    Eko India’s Branchless Banking Model from FS Series #11 – Innovations in Financial Services Delivery: Branchless BankingIn January 2006, the Reserve Bank of India issued new guidelines allowing banks to employ business facilitators and...
  • Enacting Secured Financing Legislation in Guatemala from FS Series #10 [46.5 KB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2010
    Enacting Secured Financing Legislation in Guatemala from FS Series #10: Establishing Modern Secured Financing Systems in Developing EconomiesIn 2008, the Guatemalan government, with the support of the international community, enacted secured...
  • Food Security Case Study - Freedom from Hunger [252.01 KB - PDF] - Published: May 31, 2010
    Using microfinance as a platform for delivering health and nutrit
  • Georgia Leasing Case Study [59 KB - PDF] - Published: April 7, 2010
    The USAID AgVantage project was a
  • Georgia’s Secured Financing Reform from FS Series #10 [48.5 KB - PDF] - Published: December 1, 2010
    Georgia’s Secured Financing Reform from FS Series #10: Establishing Modern Secured Financing Systems in Developing Economies
  • Ghana and Wal Mart [140.84 KB - PDF] - Published: November 19, 2007
    Author: BGI
    This case tracks the relationship between a Ghanaian textile manufacturer (Belin Textiles) and end buyers in the United States. The case highlights the benefits suppliers potentially experience when taking advantage of preferential trade...
  • Ghana Handicrafts Case Study [119.32 KB - PDF] - Published: November 12, 2007
    Author: BGI
    This case tracks the relationship between Ghanaian handicraft manufacturers (Tekura Enterprise Ltd., and others) and end buyers (Pier One, MarMaxx and Target) in the United States. The case highlights the benefits suppliers experience when...