Elizabeth Fustos

Senior Advisor, Strategy and Partnerships

Elizabeth Fustos has extensive expertise in the design and implementation of economic growth programs in Europe and Eurasia, Asia, and Africa, with a particular focus on partnership development with the private and public sectors, donors, academia,…

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USAID Philippines Strengthening Private Enterprise for the Digital Economy (SPEED) Activity

USAID’s Strengthening Private Enterprise for the Digital Economy (SPEED) activity works with the government and private sector to mobilize the digital economy for enterprise-led development and increase the participation of small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the digital economy
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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
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Tara Sabre Collier

Practice Lead for Climate and Private Sector Engagement, Chemonics UK

Tara Sabre Collier is the Practice Lead for Climate and Private Sector Engagement at Chemonics UK. A sustainable finance advisor to governments and development finance institutions, Tara also leads the Chemonics UK-led MOBILIST policy platform and…

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Dany Khy

Senior Advisor, Private Sector Engagement

Dany Khy is a senior international development professional with more than 16 years of experience leading programs in economic development with a focus on entrepreneurship, finance, and forging innovative public-private partnerships in the world’s largest emerging…

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Building a Financial Services Market Where There Wasn’t One

How did one USAID initiative get banks on board to provide $1 billion in services in rural Colombia? How can we do that elsewhere? It takes a systemic, business-driven approach to connect supply with demand at scale.
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Razan Quossous

Deputy Chief of Party and Commercial Sector Lead, Recycling in Jordan Activity

Razan Quossous is an economic growth expert with more than 20 years of experience in the sector. Razan currently serves as the deputy chief of party and commercial sector lead for the USAID Recycling in Jordan Activity.…

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FS Series #11: Innovations in Financial Services Delivery – Branchless Banking

From USAID’s Financial Sector Knowledge Sharing Project (FS Share) is a primer offering case studies, covering business models and partnerships, relevant to branchless banking and how technology can offer tools and services to facilitate this. Examples of these tools include card-based, mobile phone-based, or other ICT-based devices.
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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.
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Developing Azerbaijan’s Capital Market: An Assessment

An assessment of the priority constraints and recommendations, by area of concern, within Azerbaijan’s securities market. This document also reviews the legal and regulatory environment and the institutional infrastructure entailed in establishing that securities market.
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Guidelines for a Rapid Financial Soundness Assessment

The Rapid Financial Soundness Assessment (RFSA) identifies the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial sector participants, assesses overall soundness and stability of the financial, real and household sectors, highlights linkages between the macroeconomy and the financial, real and household sectors, and ascertains technical assistance needs and policy recommendations.
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