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USAID South Africa Success Story: DCC Adopts User Pay Principle for Corridor Sustainability

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application/pdf iconDCC Adopts User Pay Principle for Corridor Sustainability.pdf
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USAID
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November 1, 2008
The Dar es Salaam Corridor Committee (DCC) is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) entity involving Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. It facilitates trade by reducing transport costs and transit times on the corridor, which connects markets from the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the rest of Central and Southern Africa...

USAID Southern Africa Success Story: “African Set” Appears in U.S. Supermarkets

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application/pdf iconAfrican Set Appears in US Supermarkets.pdf
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USAID
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January 1, 2009
Since July 2007, millions of American consumers have been able to select from a wide range of specialty food products from Southern Africa and other corners of the African continent. The “African Set” includes 280 products from 24 companies, screened and chosen by the New Jersey-based Talier Trading Group, an international specialty food marketing company...

USAID Uganda Success Story: Potato Farmers Fight Poverty in Uganda

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application/pdf iconPotato Farmers Fight Poverty in Uganda.pdf
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USAID
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March 1, 2009

“I worked as a government extension assistant for seventeen years. After the government started implementing the World Bank’s Structural Adjustment Programs in 1990, a number of under-educated public servants were removed from active public service with a retirement package of about $270. The skies seemed to have fallen on my head"...

USAID West Africa Success Story: Civil Society Tackles Road Corruption

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application/pdf iconCivil Society Tackles Road Corruption.pdf
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USAID
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March 1, 2009
The video is shaky and the audio muffled, but the pictures still tell a story worth a thousand angry words: An unscrupulous agent of Ghana’s customs service openly celebrates as he extorts money from travelers crossing the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao, near Lome, the capital of Togo...

USAID Southern Africa Success Story: New Ivestment in Mozambique Links Smallholders to U.S. market

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application/pdf iconNew Investment in Mozambique Links Smallholders to U.S. Market.pdf
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USAID
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PDF
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April 1, 2009

Americans can now get a healthy dose of African heat while feeling good about what they are eating and supporting smallholder farmers in Mozambique. In 2009, the USAID Trade Hub assisted Elephant Pepper with securing a new $1.2 million investment to begin operations in Mozambique. Elephant Pepper, a chili product manufacturer in Southern Africa selling under its own brand and supplying to the United States (U.S.) Tabasco hot sauces product...

USAID West Africa Success Story: Clearing the Corridors of Commerce

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application/pdf iconClearing the Corridors of Commerce.pdf
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USAID
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PDF
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April 1, 2009
On an average day at the border between Togo and Ghana, truck after truck lines the side of the road with containers full of commercial goods. Once freed from often burdensome border procedures, eastbound truckers will face more delays at the border with Benin less than 50 miles later. In addition, truckers will face even more stops in between borders. Each stop can add hours to the journey and cost the truckers, as they often have to pay a bribe to pass...

USAID West Africa Success Story: Changing the Mentality Is the First Step

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Attached Document: 
application/pdf iconChanging the Mentalist is the First Step.pdf
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USAID
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PDF
Date: 
September 1, 2009
Campaigns to raise awareness of road harassment – supported by USAID’s West Africa Trade Hub in four West African countries – are helping to change attitudes on the topic. And that is leading to real, even if modest, reductions in the number of checkpoints along primary trade corridors...

USAID West Africa Success Story: As Alliance Grows, So Does Business

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application/pdf iconAs Alliance Grows, So Does Business.pdf
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USAID
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PDF
Date: 
September 2, 2009
September 2, 2009, might very well go down as a seminal mo-ment in the history of the world cashew industry: In a breakout meeting room at the African Cashew Alliance’s 4th Annual Conference in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, representatives of the world’s leading cashew-producing countries met and laid the foundation of a world cashew alliance...

USAID Afghanistan Success Story: Afghan Markets Excel at International Trade Fair

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application/pdf iconAfghan Carpets Excel at International Trade Fair.pdf
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USAID
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PDF
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January 1, 2010
For the third year in a row, Afghan carpet makers and dealers showcased their country’s best handmade carpets at Domotex,the world’s premier flooring trade show, held annually in Hannover, Germany. With financial and logistical support from USAID, Afghanistan’s carpet sellers enjoyed their most successful trade event ever...

USAID Southern Africa Success Story: Africa Pavilion at MAGIC Welcomes VIP

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application/pdf iconAfrica Pavilion at MAGIC Welcomes VIP.pdf
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USAID
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Date: 
February 1, 2010
At the February 2010 MAGIC Apparel Show in Las Vegas, African textile and apparel companies, along with representatives from the three USAID African Trade Hubs, were honored that Ambassador Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative, visited the Africa Pavilion...
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