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To build upon the customs modernization reforms currently being undertaken by the Customs Authority in Timor-Leste, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Learning, Evaluation, and Analysis Project (LEAP III), on behalf of USAID/Timor-Leste, assessed the current operational and legal environment within the customs sector. The review sought, inter alia, to determine the Authority’s adherence to international norms and best practices, with a particular focus on trade facilitation.

The assessment includes analysis of the current status of the aquaculture sector; potential market linkages for Timorese aquaculture products; and the potential for domestic feed production.

This assessment informs USAID/Timor-Leste on the opportunities presented by candlenut exports, tourism, and mobile banking to support economic growth and diversification in the country.

This assessment was commissioned by USAID/Timor-Leste to determine definable gaps between current and future “effective demand” and “effective supply” of finance in the rural agricultural sector.

In 2007, ShoreBank International (SBI) conducted a household livelihood survey in the Pakistani Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) region, following the 2005 earthquake.

This document outlines the key lessons learned for the cost-effective implementation of a household livelihoods survey, drawn from the experience of a successful effort in earthquake-affected Pakistan.

The Global Food Crisis Response Program: Review of Lessons Learned is a helpful and balanced analysis produced by the agency that implemented the program:  Mercy Corps. Reaching 75,000 people over 18 months across five countries facing food shortages, the ambitious project aimed to use rapid market analysis to inform quick-impact interventions, while also addressing longer-term needs.  Its interventions varied significantly by context, but always included a focus on specific agricultural value chains. Short-term resource transfers in the form of vouchers or cash for

Various remittance trends

Increasing producer revenues is key because they are the primary natural resource stakeholders.

Key steps in selecting a value chain for a donor-led intervention.

Hiring women to be sales agents to develop the embroidered garment value chain in Pakistan.