Services
CARANA's Practice Areas
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 includes the following specialties:
- Enterprise Development
- Agribusiness
- Trade Policy And Support Systems
- Labor Markets, Workforce Development, and Youth
- Financial Sector 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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- 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)
- Nigeria Expanded Trade and Transport (NEXTT)
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Labor Markets, Workforce Development, and Youth
- 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 Improving Access to Employment
- West Bank and Gaza Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion Project
- Nicaragua Enterprise and Employment
- Central Asia Accounting Reform
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- Accounting reform
- Corporate governance
- Mobile banking
- Economic governance
- Capital markets development
- Financial products for infrastructure development
- Access to finance for MSMEs
- Public financial management
Cases:
- Benchmarking International Standards of Transparency and Accountability (BISTA)
- REPARIS - Macedonia
- Improving Corporate Financial Reporting - El Salvador
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