Regional trade and investment initiative : results package

The initiative supports the Maghreb Initiative, a multi- agency program to improve trade and investment relations with the three Maghreb states -- Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Implementing agencies include the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce, the US Trade Representative, USAID, and other US government agencies. The program goal is to increase sustainable economic growth and expand U.S. trade and investment. The strategic objective is to improve the legal, policy, and regulatory framework for trade and investment. The program will be kept flexible, so that funds may be programmed annually on a "rolling" basis, to take advantage of opportunities to best achieve these objectives. The program will be managed by USAID"s Asia and Near East Bureau, with USAID/Morocco taking the lead for activities in the Maghreb and an ANE/Washington economist taking the lead on activities in countries outside the Maghreb. A full-time U.S. personal services contractor trade and investment specialist will assist in program management and will monitor program implementation and results achievement. (Author abstract, modified)