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Enhancing competitiveness and trade, strengthening public financial management, and improving enabling environments


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Chemonics’ global network of specialists understands that development problems are complex and interrelated. So we rely on a combination of broad regional experience, technical depth, and unparalleled management skills to strengthen economic growth and trade around the world. From decades of experience, we know that financial services are key for broad-based economic growth and we work with financial institutions to increase their availability. To help countries sustainably address their own development needs and provide efficient and effective public services, we work with governments to build accountable public financial management systems. To ensure policies align closely with economic objectives, we facilitate strategic regulatory reform and encourage trade integration. We promote entrepreneurship and strengthen the underlying market infrastructure to create, grow, and sustain businesses that stimulate economic growth.

Our Work in Economic Growth and Trade

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    Business Enabling Environment
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    Trade and Regulatory Reform
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    Public Financial Management
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    Financial Services
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    Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development

01 Business Enabling Environment


By reducing barriers to competition, strengthening legal frameworks, and promoting transparent business practices, Chemonics cultivates business climates that enable economic growth. Our approach focuses on reducing risk, lowering the costs of doing business, and creating a confidence-inspiring investment climate. Partnering with host-country governments, we streamline business procedures, encourage operational transparency, increase competition, and develop efficient…

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02 Trade and Regulatory Reform


To help countries realize the economic benefits of increased trade, Chemonics facilitates trade capacity building and regulatory reform, and promotes trade integration through regional and bilateral trade agreements. Our programs strengthen governments’ institutional capacity to coordinate trade and tariff policies, build the capacity of governmental staff to negotiate and implement trade agreements, and support reform for border…

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03 Public Financial Management


To help countries better address their development needs and provide efficient and effective public services to their citizens, Chemonics works with governments to build and maintain sound, effective, transparent, and accountable public financial management systems. We increase institutional and human capacity to forecast, manage, and increase domestic resource mobilization, and simultaneously build capacity to plan and…

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04 Financial Services


Recognizing that financial services are a key contributor to broad-based economic growth, Chemonics works with financial institutions to increase the availability and affordability of financial services for MSMEs, and underserved populations. We help financial institutions develop and improve micro-lending products, leasing, purchase order financing, mobile money, insurance, and savings products, and help them expand small…

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05 Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development


Through market systems strengthening, micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) development, and entrepreneurship promotion, Chemonics helps to create, grow, and sustain businesses that stimulate economic growth. Using a facilitation approach, we work with local businesses and services providers to improve market linkages, foster innovation and product development, and increase access to new or improved technologies.…

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Empowering Youth to Drive Economic Reform in Tunisia

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Improving Competitiveness of Furniture Manufacturers in Ukraine

A grant from the Competitive Economy Program allowed Ukrainian furniture manufacturer in Bila Tserkva — who was forced to relocate due to the ongoing conflict — to increase independence and improve cost efficiency.

Launching E-Government Solutions to Streamline Tunisian Tax Processes

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.

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Succeeding as a Tunisian Female Government Leader

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.

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A grant from the Moldova Competitiveness Project allowed a retired seamstress to supplement her pension by opening a guesthouse. Projects like these increase local employment and boost rural tourism in Moldova.

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The ingredients were all there: a skilled workforce, a creative entrepreneur, and a USAID project providing technical advice. In Moldova, it was the precise recipe for success.

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The Financial Access for Investing in the Development of Afghanistan project’s national media campaign promotes the use of mobile money services as a safe, reliable, and convenient way to manage money and pay bills.

Mobile Money for Salary Payments

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Digital Payments in the Philippines

Shifting from cash-based to digital payments can promote economic growth in the Philippines by decreasing costs for vendors and extending customer bases.

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Andrew Baker

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Jamey Butcher

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Growing Uganda’s Investment Ecosystem

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Addressing Instability Through Inclusive, Community-Based Development

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Matchmaking Businesses and Investors in DRC

Building Climate Finance Capacity in Nepal

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Transforming Jordan’s Recycling Industry

Sowing Stronger Markets in Kyrgyzstan

Generating Jobs and Growth in Tunisia

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Growing Agribusiness in Uzbekistan

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Banking on Tourism in Jordan

Teaching Modern Methods in Tajikistan

An Opportunity to Thrive in Georgia

Strengthening the Moldovan Wine Sector from Grape to Glass

Changing Perceptions: Countering Stigmas around Tourism in Jordan

Introducing Innovative Agricultural Methods in Sri Lanka

Changing Perceptions: Boosting Jordan’s International Appeal

Cheese Producers Find Recipe for Success in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Helping Small Businesses Grow in El Salvador

Healthier Futures in Nigeria

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Investing in Women

Empowering Farmers, Improving Food Security in Tajikistan

A Relentless Champion for Land Rights in Tajikistan

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High-Impact Partnerships for Closing the Gender Digital Divide

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