CARANA designs and directs results-oriented strategies for competing in the global economy. Our programs cover crosscutting topics—such as gender concerns, information and communication technology, business and government ethics, and anti-corruption. Our wide range of consulting services and innovative approaches to economic development include the following specialties:

• Enterprise Development
  
• Agribusiness
• Trade Policy And Support Systems
• Labor Markets And Social Reforms
• Financial Sector Development

Enterprise Development

• Market linkages
• Buyer-seller relationships
• Export development
• Investment promotion
• Association building
• Public-private partnerships
• SME strengthening

Cases:

• Southern Africa Trade Hub
  
• West Africa Trade Hub (WATH)
• Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion (EDIP) - West Bank/Gaza
• Ecuador Productive Network
• Guyana Trade and Investment Support (GTIS)
  

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Agribusiness

• Value chains or "farm to fork" services
• Food security
• Post-harvest management

Cases:

• Market Linkage Initiative (MLI)
• Paraguay Productivo (PyP)
• Nicaragua Enterprise & Employment (E&E)
• Post-Harvest Handling and Storage (PHHS)

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Trade Policy And Support Systems

• Transport and logistics
• Regulatory environment
• Sanintary-phytosanitary systems
• Port-privatization
• Energy restructuring
• Telecommunications and ICT
• Customs reform

Cases:

• West Africa Trade Hub (WATH)
• Productive Network - Ecuador
• Jamaica PRIDE
• Trade Enhancement for the Services Sector (TESS)

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Labor Markets And Social Reforms

• Business educational services
• Retraining programs
• Pension and insurance reform
• Financing social and municipal services
• Public education campaigns
• Higher education reform
• Workforce development

Cases:

• Macedonia Competitiveness Project
• El Salvador Workforce Development

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Financial Sector Development

• Accounting reform
• Corporate governance
• Mobile banking
• Economic governance
• Capital markets development
• Financial products for infrastructure development
• Access to finance for SMEs and micro-enterprises
• Public financial management

Cases:

• Benchmarking International Standards of Transparency and Accountability (BISTA)
• REPARIS - Macedonia
• Improving Corporate Financial Reporting - El Salvador

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