Egypt programs / USIPO
PACR of a project (1981-92) to establish the U.S. Investment Promotion Office (USIPO) under the auspices of the Egypt - U.S. Joint Business Council as a private nonprofit organization to promote U.S. business investment in Egypt. DEC abstract (PD-ABF-498)
Key prj:2630102
34 facts shown; 0 unconfirmed links; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 16 documents cite this program.
The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.
PACR of a project (1981-92) to establish the U.S. Investment Promotion Office (USIPO) under the auspices of the Egypt - U.S. Joint Business Council as a private nonprofit organization to promote U.S. business investment in Egypt. From 1981 to 1988 USIPO was primarily used by the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), a Government of Egypt (GOE) agency, as a private sector support organization for activities related to the GOE-managed Private Sector Feasibility Studies Project (PSFSP -- 2630112). As a result, USIPO reacted to the needs of the GOE and was not a proactive organization with its own strategic plans, goals, and objectives. From 1981 to 1988 USIPO's accomplishments were modest at best, providing very limited information on Egypt's investment environment to American investors who visited Egypt. From 1988 to 1989 USIPO was granted increased financial resources and independence. USAID transferred the PSFSP to USIPO in 1988, a few months before a new A.I.D./USIPO follow-on cooperative agreement was signed in 1989. USIPO managed to increase the rate of PSFS project activity and facilitated the activities of several U.S. investors to Egypt. With the new coo
Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABF-498 (1992). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
Operated in: Egypt. 2 other countries are only tagged on documents.
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
Operated in Egypt, 1989 to 1994 16 sources
Scope: country: Egypt. The award code belongs to this country's mission. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.9.
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
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
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Cooperative Development International (ACDI) | implementer | 1992 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 5 sources |
| Integrated Development Consultants | implementer | 1990 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags
Sector profile (computed): Financial sector (banks, credit, microfinance, markets) 16%; Agriculture: research, extension, training, technology 15%; Program management, planning and administration 12%
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
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
Looking for similar programs.
Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents
| Title | Year | Document | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit of local expenditures by Egypt - US Business Council under USAID/Egypt's technical cooperation and feasibility studies, project no. 263-0102 | 1990 | PD-ABG-387 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
| United States Investment Promotion Office (USIPO), 263-0102 : project assistance completion report (PACR) | 1992 | PD-ABF-498 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
| Community initiated development (CID) program : mid-project evaluation | 1992 | PD-ABF-499 | 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
| 1992 |
| Stated in a document |
| 1 source |
| Morocco | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Price Waterhouse. Ofc. of Government Services | implementer | 1989 to 1992 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Maximus | implementer | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
None recorded. Evaluation studies linked to this program are listed under Evaluations and lessons.
None recorded for this program. A counterpart appears only when a document names the government body and its role.
| 1994 |
| Stated in a document |
| 1 source |
| 263-0102-G-1012 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| 263-0102-O-2201 (task order, fiscal year not recorded) | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| 263-0102-O-2202 (task order, fiscal year not recorded) | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Mission to Egypt | 1989 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 12 sources |
| USAID. Bur. for Food and Humanitarian Assistance. Ofc. of Private and Voluntary Cooperation (PVC) | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| USAID. Bur. for Private Enterprise | 1989 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| USAID. Bur. for Private Enterprise. Ofc. of Emerging Markets | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| USAID. Bur. for Policy and Program Coordination. Center for Development Information and Evaluation (CDIE) | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1989 to 1994 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 15 sources |
| 1992 |
| PD-ABE-330 |
| linked as an evaluation of this program |
| Project to promote the development of the High Institutes of Nursing in Egypt and supplemental program to extend the development of the High Institute of Nursing, Assiut University | 1993 | PD-ABG-446 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
| Farmer to farmer -- agricultural cooperative development international | 1993 | PD-ABG-015 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
| Export and investment promotion in Egypt and Morocco : a review of USAID experience | 1994 | PN-AAX-289 | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |