Anti-Trust Law Surveys: Madagascar, Senegal & Benin
A USAID-funded study assessing the appropriateness of Western-style antitrust law for the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa, based on case analysis and surveys from Madagascar, Senegal, and Benin. Includes policy recommendations for each country.
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Building the Microfinance Regulation Resource Center
Helping the World Bank’s Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) build a resource center on microfinance regulation and supervision, including laws, regulations, and policies affecting microfinance.
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Contract Enforcement and Economic Performance in Africa
A research project analyzing the institutional, economic, and legal issues affecting development of market economies in Africa. Conducted under USAID’s Equity and Growth through Economic Research (EAGER) project.
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Decentralization, Quality of Governance, and Corruption
IRIS conducted surveys in Uganda and the Philippines relating to devolution, quality of governance, and corruption, to address the broad question, “Under what conditions does decentralized governance prove most effective?”
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Deepening the Microfinance Sector in Malawi
IRIS is assisting the Government of Malawi in improving the enabling environment of its microfinance sector. IRIS will review Malawi’s microfinance policy and existing action plan statement and collaborate with Malawi government officials and non-government stakeholders to develop a revised action plan statement.
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Fiscal Decentralization in West Africa
Researching the interaction of decentralization and public finance, assisting USAID and governments in West Africa to improve revenue generation and thereby fund better services in health, education, and other key areas.
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Poverty Assessment Tools for Microenterprise Practitioners
Developing low-cost tools to assess the poverty levels of client households in USAID-sponsored microenterprise programs.
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Promoting Investment Growth in Morocco
With a view to encouraging local governance reforms, IRIS created a field guide for a competition among local municipalities (communes) in Morocco, striving to create the most attractive environment for enterprises and investors.
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Strengthening Institutional Structures in Southern Sudan
In Southern Sudan, IRIS is working to support the institutional development of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development by creating a new legislative framework and training Ministry officials.
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Supporting Microenterprise Development in Fragile States
The IRIS Center, working in partnership CARE, Save the Children and World Vision, will create a model framework for implementing microenterprise development under conditions of fragility using both existing fragile states concepts and best practices implemented by microfinance institutions.
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