Sri Lanka programs / TIPS
To help improve Sri Lanka's export competitiveness in an increasingly international market environment, USAID/SL is designing a possible Technology Initiative for the Private Sector (TIPS) project. This paper provides a background analysis for the project and is based on an examination of five industrial sectors -- light engineering, gems and jewelry, rubber products, food processing, and ceramics. Instead of a traditional institution-building focus, the TIPS project would seek to institutionalize key business practices in the private sector. These practices include: conducting industrial research and development on a systematic and planned basis within firms; providing in-house company training for employees based on training needs assessments and plans; creating a self-sustaining unit designed to meet the information needs of industry; and enhancing and institutionalizing a dialogue between industry and the Sri Lankan government. The gems and jewelry sector has the greatest potential to use technological inputs to increase its export competitiveness and generate employment. Food processing and rubber products follow; both could benefit from biotechnology inputs. Ceramics has
Source: DEC abstract, PN-ABF-013 (1990). The source's own text.
Operated in: Sri Lanka.
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Evaluation studies and evaluation-type documents linked to this program.
| Title | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Interim evaluation of the technology initiative for the private sector (TIPS) project | 1993 | Linked evaluation |
| USAID/Sri Lanka private sector development program : an assessment of impact and options | 1993 | Evaluation-type document |
| Technology initiative for the private sector (TIPS) | 1994 | Linked evaluation |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Science and Technology Institute, Inc. (ISTI) | implementer | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Operated in Sri Lanka, 1990 to 1994 6 sources
Scope: country: Sri Lanka. The award code belongs to this country's mission. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.9.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 383-0499-O-4109 |
| co signer |
| 1991 |
| Likely, not confirmed |
| 1 source |
| 1994 |
| Stated in a document |
| 1 source |
| AEP-0085-I-3003 (idiq, fiscal year not recorded) | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| PCE-0001-I-2050 (idiq, fiscal year not recorded) | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Mission to Sri Lanka | 1990 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| USAID. Mission to Sri Lanka | 1991 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1990 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
Sector profile (computed): Private sector competitiveness 72%; Agriculture: research, extension, training, technology 11%; Transport infrastructure (roads, rail, air, water) 4%
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