We work across the spectrum of developing countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean. From Kenya to Azerbaijan, Peru to the Philippines, we have associates on the ground with an understanding you can get only by being there. A selection of recent projects include:

Africa

FRICH: Nathan EME manages the £2 million Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund (FRICH) which aims to support the development of new business models that will increase the flow of African food products into the UK. More information on FRICH can be found at www.frich.co.uk

Nigeria: Nathan EME is currently managing a US$ 32 million project aimed at increasing the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises in several states.

Lesotho: Nathan EME managed a four year World Bank funded project to increase private sector provision of agricultural support services, and replace a top-down approach to public extension systems with a user-driven, bottom-up system.

Kenya: Nathan EME examined the potential contribution selected non-oil value chains to growth and employment in four states of Nigeria.

Asia

Azerbaijan: Nathan EME designed the SME financing component of a World Bank project to provide credit and restructuring advice to enterprises going through privatisation and restructuring.

Bhutan: Nathan EME was engaged by ITC to prepare an export strategy for the Kingdom of Bhutan.

India: Nathan EME helped evaluate an EU-funded project for promoting high-value horticultural crops and reoriented the project’s extension delivery system to make it more responsive to local communities.

Vietnam: Nathan EME undertook a strategic investment and commercial planning study for a major multi-national transportation firm constructing a large-scale infrastructure project in the Mekong Delta region.

Eastern Europe

Bulgaria: Nathan EME developed an FDI marketing strategy for the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy.

Moldova: The Government of Moldova commissioned Nathan EME to inform a new approach for the government’s support of the cereals sector based on learned lessons from past approaches to food security and grain price stabilization policies.

Serbia: Nathan EME provided support to the Ministry of International Economic Relations of the Government of Serbia to strengthen aid co-ordination processes and strategies for investment promotion.

Ukraine: Nathan EME was contracted by DFID to manage a major project to improve the competitiveness of Ukrainian medium-sized enterprises.

Latin America and the Caribbean

Central America: Nathan EME undertook a regional strategy performance review to feed into the design of DFID’s strategy in Central America.

Commonwealth Caribbean: Nathan EME assessed export capabilities and opportunities in professional services and developed a strategy to increase export earnings.

Jamaica: Nathan EME developed a Master Plan for the tourism industry.

Latin America: Nathan EME was commissioned by DFID to design a programme aimed to support the effectiveness of key IFIs in enabling poor people to shape, participate in and benefit from pro-poor and inclusive growth.