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Client: The United States Agency for International Development

2007-2013, SEGIR CLIR

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The Productive Network project forms a central part of USAID’s strategy to tackle the root obstacles to trade and investment-led growth in Ecuador while seeking to identify, nurture, and promote progressive leadership across a wide spectrum of key stakeholders, including regional private sector leaders, civil society organizations, rural producers, and academic institutions.

The following video presents the project's impact on the Ecuadorian hot pepper value chain:

 

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In its first two years of implementation, the Productive Network project pursued its objectives through four interrelated components:

1) Council Formation, in which the Ecuadorean Committee for Regional and Economic Development (CEDET for its Spanish acronym) was formed to serve as a representative of regional interests in national fora

2) Policy Reform, where technical assistance was provided to improve Ecuador’s regulatory and programmatic adoption of international best practices in areas like finance and investment attraction;

3) Support to the Productive Sector, which improved the ability of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to participate in competitive markets, created jobs and contributed to family incomes, directly contributing to poverty reduction, and;

4) Communications, which coalesced networks of individuals and groups in support of specific practices and activities and disseminated information to regional and national audiences on Productive Network Project and partner activities.

In its final year, the Productive Network project will focus on the following key areas in its final year of operation:

  • Public-Private Partnership, which supports capacity building, improved representation, developing policy positions, creating new regional agencies, and deliveringtechnical assistance and grants to CEDET and its member regional economic development agencies (ADETs for their Spanish acronym) to improve their institutional and financial sustainability.
  • Investment Attraction, which aims to build the institutional capacities of three investment promotion agencies created by the project, supporting conferences, development of relevant tools and materials and other coaching activities to attract $20 million in new investments.
  • Productive Initiatives, where targeted technical assistance activities will have a high impact on private sector development and support further development of key sub-sectors.

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