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Institutional reform and the informal sector (IRIS)

This study attempts to assess the extent to which LDC trade in manufactures can be explained by the factor proportions theory and the economies of scale account on the one hand, and by commodity characteristics that affect relative… DEC abstract (PN-ABK-714)

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Review evidence

132 facts shown; 3 unconfirmed links; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 263 documents cite this program.

The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.

Description: not available yet. When it is, it appears here with its source (IATI, a DEC document abstract, a cited summary, or one generated from the documents), never without one.

Operated in: India, Chad, Mongolia, Central Asia, Russia, Nepal, Malawi, Uganda, Poland, Latin America, Europe, Chile, Bulgaria, New Independent States, Brazil, United States, Madagascar, Zambia, Sudan, Africa, Kyrgyzstan, New Zealand, China, South Africa, Japan, East Asia, Hungary, Nigeria, Mexico, Asia.

Years: 1990 to 1999 award start, end from document years
Implementer: University of Maryland. Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS); Nathan Associates, Inc.; Sterling International Group, Inc.; and 8 more 256 sources
Funder or award: USAID. Bur. for Private Enterprise. Ofc. of Small, Micro and Informal Enterprise; DHR-0015-A-0031; ANE-0015-B-13-1019
Purpose: Not available yet: the program's stated purpose has not been read from its documents.

Also regional, not drawn: Central Asia (1990 to 1999); Latin America (1993 to 1999); Europe (1991 to 1995); New Independent States (1990 to 1993); Africa (1995 to 1996); New Zealand (1994); Japan (1995); East Asia (1996 to 1999); Asia (1990 to 1995).

1991 to 1998
1991 to 1994
1991 to 1999
Central Asia 1990 to 1999
1992 to 1997
1992 to 1998
1999
1992 to 1996
1992 to 1995
Latin America 1993 to 1999
Europe 1991 to 1995
1994 to 1996
1993 to 1995
New Independent States 1990 to 1993
1994 to 1996
1991 to 1995
1993 to 1994
1997 to 1999
1995
Africa 1995 to 1996
1996
New Zealand 1994
1993 to 1995
1994
Japan 1995
East Asia 1996 to 1999
1992 to 1993
1995 to 1997
1994
Asia 1990 to 1995

Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents

not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far

No district, region or facility is named in this program's documents yet. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far. Towns and natural features are not drawn.

Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule

When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years

Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.

Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year

Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records

Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field

Organizations named on this program's documents.
Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
University of Maryland. Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS)	implementer	1990 to 1999	Stated in a document	256 sources
Nathan Associates, Inc.	implementer	1999	Stated in a document	5 sources

Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records

Basis: read from a record field

Awards this program is funded through (identifiers, not amounts).
Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
DHR-0015-A-0031 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded)	1990 to 1999	Stated in a document	212 sources
ANE-0015-B-13-1019 (task order, fiscal year not recorded)	1995 to 1996	Stated in a document	15 sources

Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags

Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets

Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents

Evaluation studies and evaluation-stage documents, by title and year. Findings not extracted yet.
Title	Year	Document	Why listed
AID cooperative agreement no. DHR-0015-A-00-0031-00 with the University of Maryland in support of the institutional reform and the informal sector project	1990	PD-FCK-422	linked as an evaluation of this program
Evaluation of IRIS [institutional reform and informal sector] advisory programs	1993	PD-ABI-793	evaluation-stage document (eval midterm, weak classifier)
Institutional reform and the informal sector	1994	PD-ABI-942	linked as an evaluation of this program

Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.

Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library

Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Malawi. Ministry of Transport	lead ministry	1999	Likely, not confirmed	10 sources
Chad. Ministry of Planning and Cooperation	lead ministry	1992	Likely, not confirmed	4 sources
Zambia. Ministry of Legal Affairs	lead ministry	1999	Likely, not confirmed	1 source

Institutional reform and the informal sector (IRIS)

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with

Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Harvard University. Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID)	implementer	1997	Stated in a document	1 source
Brimmer and Co., Inc.	implementer	1993	Stated in a document	1 source
Development Research and Training Centre	implementer	1993	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
USAID. Bur. for Private Enterprise. Ofc. of Small, Micro and Informal Enterprise	1990 to 1994	Stated in a document	63 sources
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Center for Economic Growth. Ofc. of Microenterprise Development	1994 to 1996	Stated in a document	50 sources
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Center for Economic Growth. Ofc. of Economic and Institutional Reform	1992 to 1999	Stated in a document	35 sources
USAID. Bur. for Private Enterprise. Ofc. of Emerging Markets	1990 to 1993	Stated in a document	28 sources
USAID. Bur. for Asia and Private Enterprise. Ofc. of Small, Micro and Informal Enterprise	1991	Stated in a document	25 sources
USAID. Mission to India	1995 to 1998	Stated in a document	19 sources
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Center for Economic Growth. Ofc. of Emerging Markets	1995	Stated in a document	16 sources
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Ofc. of Small, Micro and Informal Enterprise	1993 to 1994	Stated in a document	13 sources
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Center for Economic Growth and Agricultural Development	1995 to 1999	Stated in a document	13 sources
USAID. Mission to Chad	1988 to 1994	Stated in a document	11 sources
USAID. Mission to Malawi	1999	Stated in a document	10 sources
USAID. Mission to Nepal	1992 to 1998	Stated in a document	8 sources
USAID. Mission to Mongolia	1992 to 1999	Stated in a document	6 sources
USAID. Mission to Chile	1994 to 1996	Stated in a document	4 sources
National Science Foundation (NSF) (U.S.)	1993	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Madagascar	1994	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Russia	1997	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Senegal	1996	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to South Africa	1994	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Kyrgyzstan	1996	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Zambia	1997 to 1999	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa	1997	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Center for Economic Growth	1994	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Indonesia	1994	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Nigeria	1997	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Philippines	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Poland	1994	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Kazakhstan	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)	1988	Stated in a document	1 source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Club du Sahel	1988	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Sustainable Development	1997	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Private Enterprise	1990	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
Private Enterprise	1990 to 1999	Stated in a document	140 sources
India	1991 to 1998	Stated in a document	23 sources
Chad	1988 to 1994	Stated in a document	13 sources
Economic Growth Office	1998 to 1999	Stated in a document	10 sources
Malawi	1999	Stated in a document	10 sources
Nepal	1992 to 1998	Stated in a document	9 sources
Russia	1992 to 1997	Stated in a document	8 sources
Mongolia	1994 to 1999	Stated in a document	6 sources
Bulgaria	1993 to 1995	Stated in a document	5 sources
Chile	1994 to 1996	Stated in a document	4 sources
Europe Regional	1992 to 1995	Stated in a document	3 sources
Zambia	1997 to 1999	Stated in a document	3 sources
Great Britain	1995	Stated in a document	2 sources
Kyrgyzstan	1996	Stated in a document	2 sources
Madagascar	1994	Stated in a document	2 sources
New Zealand	1994	Stated in a document	2 sources
Nigeria	1995 to 1997	Stated in a document	2 sources
Poland	1993 to 1994	Stated in a document	2 sources
South Africa	1994	Stated in a document	2 sources
Africa Regional	1997	Stated in a document	2 sources
Bangladesh	1991	Stated in a document	1 source
China, People's Republic of	1995	Stated in a document	1 source
Hungary	1993	Stated in a document	1 source
Kazakhstan	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
Latin American Regional	1995	Stated in a document	1 source
NIS Regional	1995	Stated in a document	1 source
Peru	1993	Stated in a document	1 source
Philippines	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
Sahel Regional	1993	Stated in a document	1 source
Senegal	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
Sudan	1995	Stated in a document	1 source

What this program was

Where it worked0

Places30

Timelineyears: award years, end from document years

Political context

Implementers11

Awards and funding sources73

Topic tags15

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Evaluations and lessons3

Documents by lifecycle stage263years in documents

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with