Illuminating Lebanon in Its Darkest Times

Conflict, displacement, pandemic, and economic crises have left most of Lebanon without consistent electricity or the ability to pump running water to communities. USAID Community Support Program and local municipalities turned to the power of the sun to address this challenge.
Impact Story

Accessing Private Domestic Financing to Improve the Delivery of Urban Services

Critical to expanding and diversifying the foundation of municipal financing is meaningful, strategic engagement of the private sector.
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Financial Series #1: Enabling Sub-Sovereign Bond Issuances

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.
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Final Report: Financial Sector Knowledge Sharing Project

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.
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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…

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Mario Kerby

Chief of Party, USAID’s Fiscal Reform for a Strong Tunisia (FIRST)

Mario Kerby has 37 years of experience in environmental management, integrated water resources management, agriculture and rural development, and public financial management. He is currently serving as the chief of party of the Tunisia FIRST project.…

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