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October 2, 2015 – This case study describes the impact of a small and medium enterprise development project on Tunisia’s organics sector. The USAID-funded Tunisia SME Project was designed to strengthen Tunisia’s economic competitiveness and prospects for sustained growth by promoting greater SME involvement in trade and investment related activities….
read moreA woman in Mali sifts newly harvested grain.
Photo: Bill Horn, courtesy of Photoshare.
August 17, 2015
IESC ‘ the International Executive Service Corps ‘ will implement a new five-year program to increase the use of USAID’s Development Credit Authority in Mali.
The Development Credit Authority encourages lending by sharing risk with the bank (up to 50 percent of the loan) and helps to put money in the hands of…
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July 7, 2015
This case study highlights the experiences of nine Lebanese microfinance institutions who partnered with the Lebanon Investment in Microfinance Program (2009-2015) to improve women’s access to finance in Lebanon. Funded by USAID through the Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance, the program worked to increase sales, create jobs,…
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On May 11, IESC and the China Association for International Exchange of Personnel (CAIEP) signed a formal agreement to field U.S. volunteer experts in China during 2015. This agreement advances the trilateral initiative between IESC, CAIEP, and AARP that began in November 2013.
Under the terms of the agreement, IESC will collaborate with CAIEP to field volunteer experts for 25 assignments in 2015. The agreement was signed at…
read moreThe president and executive director of the new microfinance association, Dr. Youssef Khalil, receives the official association registration papers from LIM’s Mahmoud El Zein and Joseph El Wanny at the Central Bank of Lebanon.
BEIRUT, LEBANON – March 17, 2015 – On January 12, Lebanon’s Ministry of Interior and Municipalities officially approved the creation of the…
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November 24, 2014 – IESC is hosting Luz Zuñiga Gonzalez, a third-year undergraduate student from Pénjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico, through the Mexico 100 Program. Gonzalez is working as a business development intern through the fall of 2014.
Mexico 100 is a 15-week professional development program for youth that is focused on learning about and…
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