 Montague Lord develops and implements a wide range of results-oriented economic development activities for international development partners, governments, academic institutions and private businesses. Grounded on technical research using quantitative methods, the services cover crosscutting issues ranging from such topics as micro-enterprise and SME development along economic corridors and growth areas to bilateral and multilateral trade impact assessments under FTA and WTO arrangements. Consulting services are offered in a wide range of activities related to trade and investment, macroeconomics and international finance, private sector development, and development assistance evaluation.
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Work on capacity development is channeled through hands-on work with stakeholders and provides technical enhancement services, lessons in good practices, case studies, and close with international and local capacity development agencies and other knowledge resources. Capacity enhancement is carried out in the areas of trade-related capacity building • business association technical tools and good practices • government agency support for knowledge-based transfer in issues-based activities • transnational capacity enhancements in markets • cross-border investments and venture capital development.
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Recent project areas: Trade Facilitation • Trade Policy and Customs Reforms • Trade-Related Poverty Alleviation and Impact Assessment • Logistics and Transport Sector Improvements • Trade in Services • Free Trade Areas (FTAs) • Growth Areas and Growth Triangles • Economic Corridors • Economic Integration • Service Sector Liberalization • WTO Accession • ERP Output-Employment Effects • Effective Rates of Assistance (ERAs).
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Macroeconomic and International Finance |
Recently completed assignment fields: Poverty and Macroeconomic Adjustments • Economic Growth Analysis and Decomposition • Country Strategies and Programs • Total Factor Productivity (TFP) • Macroeconomic Modeling • Reduced Minimum Standard Models (RMSM) • International Macroeconomic Linkages • Savings and Investment Decomposition • Real Effective Exchange Rates and International Competitiveness.
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Private Sector Development |
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Recently completed private sector development project cover the following areas: Cluster Development and Competitiveness Enhancements • Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) • Micro-enterprise development • Agribusiness • Industry Studies • Project Evaluations • Manufacturing Trade • Agricultural Economics • Industrial Organization • Global Markets • Cross-Border Investment • Foreign Direct Investment • Venture Capital Development. |
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Development Assistance Evaluation |
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Recently completed assistance evaluation projects examine country assistance programs and trade policy and customs reform assistance. The results offer constructive insights into development partner assistance in cross-cutting issues, as well as specific sector and project activities. New research underway examines alternative ways to ascribe changes in national and sector activities to specific development partner assistance. |
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