Critical to expanding and diversifying the foundation of municipal financing is meaningful, strategic engagement of the private sector.
Resource - Paper
How can development practitioners foster local commitment for financing self-reliance? Chief of Party Mario Kerby shares how his project has engaged a diverse array of stakeholders — from finance ministers to schoolchildren — to ensure commitment to crucial fiscal reforms remains strong.
Blog Post
The Fiscal Reform for a Strong Tunisia (FIRST) team worked with the Ministry of Finance to develop a comic book that teaches primary schoolchildren about taxes and their role as future taxpayers.
Resource - Comic Book
Joseph R. (Jem) Armovit
Deputy Chief of Party, Philippines - USAID Delivering Effective Governance for Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth (DELIVER) Project
Jem has been involved in public sector reform in the Philippines for the past 2 decades in various capacities as a government official, a consultant and staff for institutions including the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the World…
Person - Specialist
Tunisia FIRST rolls out a platform that simplifies processes, creates a new accountability structure for taxpayers, and collects taxpayer data that is now streamlined and shared across government agencies.
Video
Emerging from nearly a decade of planning between USAID and the government of Haiti, the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) project engaged the government of Haiti to improve financial planning and public financial management by restoring, improving, and expanding its IFMS-related network infrastructure and financial management systems.
Resource - Project Report
This primer, Enabling Sub-sovereign Bond Issuances, provides U.S. government (USG) program designers with a basis of technical understanding of sub-national finance as a sustainable approach to supporting local government infrastructure development and improved service delivery.
Resource - Paper
This final report provides a summary of project activities, presents results and lessons learned, and enables access to the technical resources, tools, and templates produced by the Financial Sector Knowledge Sharing (FS Share) project.
Resource - Project Report
The USAID Fiscal Reform for a Strong Tunisia (FIRST) Project provides technical support and capacity building to the Tunisian Ministry of Finance to strengthen Tunisia’s fiscal foundations for sustainable and inclusive growth.
Video
Melissa Scudo, former team lead for the USAID Tunisia Tax and Customs Reform Pilot Activity, discusses methods for creating reform in the public finance space.
Video
Melissa Scudo, former team lead for the USAID Tunisia Tax and Customs Reform Pilot Activity, discusses the importance of public financial management.
Video
Catherine Kannam
Chief Operating Officer
Catherine Kannam is Chemonics’ chief operating officer. Prior to this role, she was the senior vice president (SVP) for Chemonics’ Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Afghanistan region as well as the SVP for Chemonics’ Gender, Equality, and…
Person - Specialist