Driving Innovation through Collaborative Learning: Evidence from Moldova

The Moldova Future Technologies Activity is spurring the development of the digital, creative, and green economy.
Resource - Case Study

USAID’S DRC Investment Facilitation Activity Capital Map Report 2021

This capital map report provides an overview of the landscape of investors in the DRC, a high-level analysis of key investment trends in the DRC and examines potential risks investors face and subsequent mitigation strategies.
Resource - Capital Map Report

Effectively Utilizing Repayable Grants to Help Facilitate Market Creation

Key Insights From the International and Development Finance Institutions on How to Harness Repayable Grants to Build Financial Ecosystems and Nascent Businesses
Resource - Paper

Final Report: Punjab Enabling Environment Project (PEEP)

This final report examines the Punjab Enabling Environment Project (PEEP), including how it created a legacy of improved capacity and longer-term sustainability with partners and beneficiaries and how the project facilitated public and private sector collaboration focused on economic growth.
Resource - Project Report

USAID Investment Facilitation Activity in the DRC Fact Sheet

This factsheet for USAID’s Investment Facilitation Activity in the DRC provides an overview of the project's aims to build a pipeline of potential investors and investment-ready companies in the DRC.
Resource - Fact Sheet

Final Report: Vietnam Governance for Inclusive Growth Program (GIG)

This final report examines the outcomes of the Governance for Inclusive Growth (GIG) program and how it enhanced governance, improved trade and the regulatory environment, increased accountability, and expanded inclusive social and economic opportunities for vulnerable populations in Vietnam.
Resource - Project Report

Final Report: USAID Regional Program for the Management of Aquatic Resources and Economic Alternatives

The USAID Regional Program for the Management of Aquatic Resources and Economic Alternatives strengthened coastal-marine resource management and biodiversity conservation while improving the livelihoods of local populations.
Resource - Project Report

Establishing an Enabling Environment for Financial Sector Development

This Financial Sector Knowledge Sharing Project (FS Share) paper examines how burdensome microeconomic policies can increase the cost and risk of lending and identify ways to remediate these barriers to facilitate financial sector development.
Resource - Paper

Financial Sector Series #10: Establishing Modern Secured Financing Systems in Developing Economies

This report provides U.S. government program designers with a basic technical understanding of the core requirements to introduce finance secured by movable property, a tool used to increase access to finance, especially for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Resource - Paper

Moldovan Entrepreneurs Attract Tourists with Authentic Experiences

Through its Moldova Competitiveness Project, USAID and Sweden support rural SMEs to improve markets for authentic tourism.
Resource - Project Success Story

Young Entrepreneur Returns from Diaspora to Build a New-Generation Winery

Moldovan entrepreneurs turns tradition into jobs, leveraging USAID and Swedish support via the Moldovan Competitiveness Project (MCP) to restore local heritage, attract foreign tourists, and strengthen an emerging industry in ancestral communities. All this, while creating some of the region’s best wines.
Resource - Project Success Story

New Skills Allow Young Moldovan Designer to Find Work at Home

The Moldova Competitiveness Project, funded by USAID and Sweden, enhances local companies by training workers like Victoria Andries, a 23-year-old shoe designer who feels closer to achieving her goals because of the project.
Resource - Project Success Story