January 22, 2020
IBI is excited to announce that we are starting 2020 by implementing two new projects in Asia.
Lao PDR - Laos Business Environment (LBE)
IBI is implementing the USAID-funded Laos Business Environment (LBE) project, which is designed to support economic growth. This five-year project will support Lao PDR’s (Laos) economic reform agenda, and will strengthen government’s ability to respond to the need...
January 9, 2020
IBI’s Board of Directors has selected David Wall as its new CEO, the lead executive role at the international development consulting firm. Mr. Wall started his new position on January 1, 2020. Mr. Wall takes over this role from David Colvin, who had served as IBI President and CEO since 2013. Mr. Colvin will assume the role of Senior Advisor and President of the Board of Directors, and will rem...
November 8, 2019
USAID/Liberia published a video that talks about the successes of the Digital Liberia and eGovernance activity implemented with the support of IBI:
September 11, 2019
In continuation of its effort to help Liberian Government build sustainable nationwide ICT systems, the USAID/Digital Liberia and eGovernance activity supported the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MOPT) to conduct a two-day workshop in August on the use of a content management system (CMS.)
The training was designed to improve the capacity of various ministries, agencies, and commissions...
April 15, 2019
IBI, a woman-owned small business, has a long history of partnering with USAID and the Government of Liberia on building systems that can strengthen the country’s capacity to maintain steady growth and provide government services to its citizens, even through challenging times like the recent Ebola epidemic.
One such initiative, which began under the USAID/Liberia Governance and Economic Management...
March 6, 2019
The USAID/Strengthening Local Organizations Project (SLO), administered by IBI in El Salvador, aims to assess and improve the performance of civil society organizations (CSOs) in this country.
As part of its methodology, SLO chose to use an app to make workshops and discussions more dynamic....
February 21, 2019
In the first issue of Pensées Insolites I wrote about how the government of Bangladesh (GOB) is stepping up to the transparency requirements called for in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). With USAID’s support through its Bangladesh Trade Facilitation Activity (BTFA), the GOB has created a customs portal and a national enquiry point to promote transpar...
January 29, 2019
IBI was given permission to post and publicize this paper by Dr. Md. Khairuzzaman Mozumder which references work done under the IBI implemented USAID Bangladesh Trade Facilitation Activity.
November 21, 2018
In my prior role as USAID’s Director of the Office of Economic Policy, I occasionally wrote a column for the office’s newsletter titled “Musings of the Office Director.” This was a popular forum that reached the corps of economists throughout the Agency. I have mused about a similar forum in my new role as Chief Economist and VP at IBI. I toyed with the column’s name: Musings of the Chief Econ...
November 7, 2018
Mobile Money is gaining more significance in Liberia as a viable payment option, especially for civil servants in remote parts of the country. There are currently more than 4,000 civil servants being paid through Mobile Money, thanks to a series of initiatives supported by USAID. Under the USAID funded Governance Economic and Management Support (GEMS) project implemented by IBI from 2011 to 2...