BGI Publications

BGI Final Report

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconBGI Final Report.pdf
Source: 
Weidemann
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
January 1, 2012

The Entrepreneurship Toolkit

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconUSAID_State Entrepreneurship Toolkit.pdf
Source: 
BGI
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
September 21, 2011

The Entrepreneurship Toolkit has been developed to help USAID Mission and U.S. Embassy officers design, implement, and monitor entrepreneurship development programs. It provides users with a wealth of information including entrepreneurship best practices, case studies, lessons learned, key questions for program design, links to development firms and USAID projects, as well as additional publications and reference materials.

Egypt's Economic Prospects and Challenges 2009

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconEgypt Final.pdf
Source: 
BGI
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
June 25, 2009

The global economic crisis poses new challenges for the Egyptian authorities, but so far the economy is weathering the crisis better than most. 

Alternative Business Enabling Environment Rankings

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconBEE paper with Intro FINAL 2.pdf
Source: 
BGI
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
June 24, 2008

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 and how, taken together, these different ranking systems and indices can be used effectively to gauge progress in the reform of the business environment.

The Bulgaria ICT Cluster

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconBulgaria ICT Case Study.pdf
Source: 
BGI
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
June 5, 2008

The following case study examines the development of the Bulgarian ICT cluster and reports on its activities today, three years after graduating from direct donor-funded support, and how it had some impact on the success of the Bulgarian IT sector.

Value Chain Checklist

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconChecklist complete final formatted.pdf
Source: 
BGI
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
September 18, 2008

This checklist presents a methodology for selecting and incorporating, in projects and initiatives that especially emphasize enterprise development and the role of business, individual value chain approaches described in the World Bank Value Chain Guide. This Checklist, created by BGI, is best used in conjunction with that report and walks practitioners step-by-step through implementing value chain projects specifically related to enterprise development.

Building a Warehouse Receipts Program that Works for all Stakeholders

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application/pdf iconBuilding a Warehouse Receipts Program that Works for all Stakeholders.pdf
Source: 
BGI
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
November 19, 2007

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 transparent transaction system that will drive the demand for warehouse receipt services.

Sustainable Tourism Development in Rural Areas

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconNotes from the Field Final.pdf
Source: 
BGI
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
November 22, 2007

This notes from the field draws on and summarizes the experience of CHF International in founding the Centre for Sustainable Tourism Initiatives (CSTI), a local non-governmental organization leading the development of the tourism sector in northern Montenegro, and its for-profit partner tourism agency, Montenegro Adventures (MA).

Economic Gardening in Bosnia-Herzegovina

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconEconomic Gardening in Bosnia-Herzegovenia.pdf
Source: 
BGI
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
June 12, 2008

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 agribusiness sectors. Now in its fifth year, LAMP applies many innovative approaches for linking domestic and international consumer markets with rural entrepreneurs, producer organizations, and communities.

Aid to Artisans: Building Profitable Craft Businesses

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconAid to Artisans Notes from the Field 4 final.pdf
Source: 
BGI
Document Type: 
PDF
Date: 
April 7, 2009

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. The paper documents best practices and lessons learned within the Aid to Artisans experience in assisting handcraft producers.

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