Complete list of projects
| Global |
| Global Health |
| TASC 2 Global Project |
| CAMRIS was a member of a consortium providing services to USAID worldwide in the global health sector, under this five year "Indefinite Quantity Contract" (Note: TASC2 Global was implemented concurrently with TASC2 Media Relations). |
| Global |
| Global Health, Communications |
| TASC2 Media Relations |
| CAMRIS was a member of a consortium providing services to USAID globally in the media relations and communications sector, under this five year "Indefinite Quantity Contract." |
| Global |
| Global Health |
| TASC Project |
| CAMRIS, as prime contractor leading a team of eight firms on the USAID Global Health TASC1 contract, provided services to USAID in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe to support USAID programs in the areas of infectious diseases, reproductive health and family planning, monitoring and evaluation services and health sector policy development. |
| Global |
| Global Health |
| TASC3 Project |
| CAMRIS leads a team of 16 organizations to provide worldwide support to USAID in Global health areas under TASC 3: Global Health. TASC3 is a world-wide mechanism that allows USAID Missions and Bureaus to easily access high quality technical assistance and support to implement Strategic Objectives that contribute to the Agency’s goal to improve global health in the areas of population, health, nutrition, and infectious diseases.
Technical areas covered under TASC3 include six major components: Service Delivery Health Policy Reform; Community Mobilization and Individual Behavior Change; Monitoring and Evaluation; Capacity Building; and Commodities System Management.
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| Global |
| Global Health Project Design and Evaluation |
| USAID GH Tech Project |
| Under this USAID-funded IQC used by the Bureau for Global Health offices, regional and other bureaus, and field missions of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), CAMRIS provides services in health program assessment, design, monitoring and evaluation, and program support. CAMRIS also provides provides USAID with health program support and short-, medium- and long-term technical services of key experts to support areas of strategic interest, including: Population and Reproductive Health; Child Survival; Maternal and Child Health; Infectious Diseases; Malaria & TB; HIV/AIDS; Other Sexually Transmitted Infections; Health Sector Reform and Health Systems. CAMRIS is the major subcontractor on this project. |
| Global |
| Communications |
| Global Media Monitopring Technology and Services |
| Under a five-year USSTRATCOM project (under subcontract to SOSi), CAMRIS provides information monitoring services to monitor a rotating set of countries in the region. The CAMRIS team develops and deploys technologies that enable monitoring of open source media outlets (television, radio, newspapers and web postings) to identify content and trends including issues related to governance, policies and public opnion. CAMRIS also provides a team of team of linguists and analysts for media monitoring. |
| United Arab Emirates |
| Health Reform and Management |
| Modernization of National Military Medical System |
| The Government of the UAE embarked on an ambitious plan to restructure and modernize its national military medical system under a $2.9 project contracted to Emirates Palomar. Under a subcontract, CAMRIS provided project design and planning support and ongoing operational support and planning services through a technical advisor located long term in Dubai. |
| Georgia |
| Oil Refinery Financing |
| Feasibility and Financing Plan for Georgian Oil Refinery |
| Under a private contract from a Georgian Oil Refinery, CAMRIS developed a fining requirement, carried out a feasibility study, and prepared a financing application for international investors for the acquisition of new mining sector infrastructure. |
| Georgia |
| Mining Sector Financing |
| Feasibility and Financing Plan for Georgian Mining Group |
| Under a private contract from a Georgian Oil Refinery, CAMRIS developed a fining requirement, carried out a feasibility study, and prepared a financing application for international investors for the acquisition of new mining sector infrastructure. |
| Poland |
| Public Administration, Grants Management, Technical Assistance |
| Development of Transparent Public Administration Systems for Poland |
| The purpose of the USAID Democratic Governance and Public Administration Project was to help the Government of Poland (GOP) to strengthen municipal and county level government. CAMRIS provided a long-term adviser for management of grants to three non-governmental organizations, and short term assistance for economics, statistics, and information systems. |
| Bulgaria |
| Tax Administration |
| Tax Public Procurement and Tax Administration Systems |
| With funding from the United States Trade and Development Agency, CAMRIS provided a team of experts to develop procurement poliies and procedures for the Government of Bulgaria to modernize its tax administratuion systems. CAMRIS also provided plans and specificatinos for the acquisition of a national tax administration ionformation system. |
| Ukraine |
| Donor Coordination |
| Donor Coordination Conference |
| With 'funding from USAID, CAMRIS organized and managed a highly successful donor coordinntion conference that brought together over 50 officials from the Government of Ukraine (Ministry and Parlaiment), the European Union, United Nations, USAID, World Bank and other representatives, to develop a common program for setting priorities, budgets and financiang approaches to the health sector. |
| USA |
| Medical Services |
| Provide, Rhode Island Radiology Services |
| CAMRIS currently provides 24 hour diagnositc radiology services to the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Isalnd, by means of the CAMRIS teleradiology network and a team of staff radiologists. |
| USA |
| Medical Services |
| Nashvile, Tennessee Radiology Services |
| CAMRIS currently provides 24 hour diagnositc radiology services to the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, by means of the CAMRIS teleradiology network and a team of staff radiologists. |
| Philippines |
| International Health |
| Local Government Unit Family Planning Services Project Evaluation and Design |
| CARMSI carried on the evaluation of a major USIAD project to develop family planning services funded by Local Governments Units (LGUs). The team also designed the follow-on project known as "LEAD", multi-year, $45 million effort. |
| Philippines |
| International Health |
| Tuberculosis in the Private Sector in the Philippines |
| Developed key technical components of this USAID funded project and provided a team of specialists from 2002 to 2006 to carry out activities to expand TB control services, primarily through development of a nationwide network of providers of DOTS (Directly Observed Therapy Short-Course). In addition to leading overall project technical activities, CAMRIS led additional innovations in financing, policy, and provider certification. |
| Solomon Islands |
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| RAMSI M&E Services |
| CAMRIS provides technical services in performance monitoring and evaluation to the Regional Mission to the Solomon Islands - "RAMSI" - with funding from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). RAMSI is the largest AusAID program, with an annual budget of $150 million. CAMRIS is contracted for the period 2006-2010 to provide ongoing field monitoring and evaluation, and to develop en M&E capacity for RAMSI. The CAMRIS team includes specialists in performance monitoring, public policy, public finance, and law and justice, and additional methodological technical support in evaluation. |
| United States |
| Medical Services |
| Federal Bureau of Prisons Correctional Institute, Bronx, New York |
| Our firm provides medical services in the area of radiology for Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institute, Bronx, New York,. We provide radiology interpretation services. Our firm provides a complete "turn-key" solution that includes; professional radiology interpretation services and medical transcriptions. We provide these services in such a manner that meets and/or exceeds the customer expectations. |
| United States |
| Medical Services - Teleradiology |
| VA Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Our firm provides telemedicine services in the area of radiology (teleradiology) for the VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. We provide radiology after-hours/weekend/holiday coverage for all departments in the hospital. In addition, we interpret overflow cases as directed. Our firm provides a complete "turn-key" solution that includes; telecommunication lines, hardware and software, call center operations, professional radiology interpretation services, transcriptions, and uploading the information into the VA's hospital information system. We provide these services in such a manner that meets and/or exceeds the customer expectations. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Industrial Lechera de Puerto Rico, San Juan |
| Economic studies of the milk industry. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Economic Development Administration (Administracion de Fomento), San Juan |
| (1) Feasibility study for establishing a bicycle manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico. (2) Feasibility study for establishing a baby food manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Department of Transportation and Programs for Public Works, San Juan |
| Alternative Plans and financing the Mass Transit System of the San Juan Metropolitan Area. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Consumer Services Administration |
| (1) Study of the cement industry in Puerto Rico, covering San Juan productivity, equipment and technology employed; recommendations to increase efficiency and estimates of the effects of such action on the price of cement. (2) Study to determine comparative cost of several kinds of milk containers and bottling processes. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| City of San Juan |
| (1) Feasibility study regarding the creation of a non-profit economic development corporation. (2) An economic and engineering feasibility study regarding the Nemesio Canales Shopping Center. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Caribbean Economic Development Corporation (CODECA), San Juan |
| Assistance in planning long and short-term economic development programs for joint effort among the countries and territories of the Caribbean. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Borden`s Puerto Rico Dairy, Inc. |
| Study of the market consumption for milk in San Juan based on Puerto Rican economic and population growth forecasts. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Bayamon Federal Savings, Bayamon |
| (1) Carried out a study for the long-run development of the association with particular reference to identifying potential branch sites projecting into five years and their priorities. (2) Feasibility study regarding the establishment of a Santurce Branch. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceno, San Juan |
| (1) Relocation of the Arecibo branch. (2) Studies on the desirability of establishing three additional branches in the San Juan Metropolitan Area. (3) An economic survey of the feasibility of establishing a new branch in Ponce. (4) Economic study of additional areas to determine potential of and requirements for a branch establishment in San Juan. (5) Feasibility study on the establishment of a new branch in Arecibo. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, San Juan |
| Toa Vaca Development--economic and financial advice to the Authority in connection with a major dam project in cooperation with the Development and Resources Corporation (New York). |
| Puerto Rico |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Tax Reform Commission, San Juan |
| Comprehensive in-depth study of the property tax and its administration, including its economic effects, assessment practices, organization and administration; development of recommendations for improvements and estimation of possible future yields. |
| United States |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| United Nations, New York |
| Appraisal of the need for financial assistance in developing selected river basins. |
| United States |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Loyola University Inter-American Center New Orleans |
| Design and installation of document control and central filing system. |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission, Port of Spain |
| Implementation of position classification plan and pay recommendations. |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Office of the Prime Ministry, Port of Spain |
| (1) Development and installation of position classification and pay plans for the Government. (2) Continued advice on operation of new systems; study of basic personnel policies and procedures applicable to the Government service. (3) Technical assistance regarding government personnel policy |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| British West Indian Airways, Port of Spain |
| Development and installation of position classification and compensation plans. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Vacia Talega Land Owners, San Juan |
| (1) Development of a plan to finance a flood control project affecting Association over 10,000 cuerdas in Puerto Rico. The plan involved joint financing by the landowners, the Federal and Commonwealth Governments, public corporations and two municipal governments. (2) Study of the economic impact on the future development of the Metropolitan Area of San Juan of a proposed project to develop a hotel and residential complex in the Vacia Talega area. (3) Report on the economic and employment impact of a very large condominium and condo-hotel complex. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Puerto Rico Department of Public Works, San Juan |
| Preparation of Alternative Plans and Programs for Financing the Mass Transportation and Transit System of the San Juan Metropolitan Area. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Puerto Rico Agricultural Council, San Juan |
| Review of all Commonwealth agricultural programs and the formulation of recommendations to be carried out by the various agricultural agencies in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Narcotic Addiction Control Commission, (Department of Addiction Control Services) |
| (1) Preparation of a Master Plan for drug addiction control, including a five-year plan and a one-year action program and budgets. (2) Revision of the Drug Abuse Master Plan to meet the Federal guidelines and to up-date the Commission`s information. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Economic Development Administration (Fomento), San Juan |
| Preparation of overall economic development plan related to federal grants under the law ""Economic Development and Public Work |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Department of Health, San Juan |
| Comprehensive study of Commonwealth children`s institutional needs, including functional space recommendations and diagrammatic space layouts. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| City of San Juan |
| Directed the preparation of a comprehensive Five-Year Program and One-Year Action Plan, including financial projections for the Model Cities Program of the City of San Juan. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Caribbean Economic Development Corporation (CODECA), San Juan |
| Assistance in planning long and short-term economic development programs for joint effort among the countries and territories of the Caribbean. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Atlantic Concrete Products Co., Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Study of the future growth of the Southern Region of |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, San Juan |
| Toa Vaca Development--economic and financial advice to the Authority in connection with a major dam project in cooperation with the Development and Resources Corporation (New York). |
| Puerto Rico |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Administration for Urban Renewal and Housing, San Juan |
| (1) Assistance in preparation of a comprehensive application for a planning grant from the Housing and Urban Department of the U.S Government in regard to a selected Model Neighborhood under the Demonstration City Program. (2) Preparation of a detailed work program for the planning phases of a Model Neighborhood Plan. (3) Pilot study of the unemployment problems of residents in two slum areas and two Public Housing Projects, in San Juan and Utuado. An action plan for reducing unemployment was designed for each area. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Right to Work Administration, San Juan |
| MIS organization facilities and a management study which included recommendations on MIS Office organizational chart, personnel functions, and hardware and software requirements. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Office of Youth Affairs, Office of the Governor, San Juan |
| Recommendations for the Design and Implementation of a Computerized Career Information System for the youths including hardware and software requirements and costs. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Interamerican University, San Juan |
| Preparation of a Work Plan for the Evaluation and Auditing of the Interamerican University Computer Center to determine the compliance by the Facilities Manager with the requirements stipulated in the contract documents. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Courts Administration, San Juan |
| Study of management of the District and Superior Courts in the metropolitan area, including the development of plans for appropriate consolidation of non-judicial activities incident to relocation of the courts in a new judicial center; preparation of procedural manuals and guidelines incorporating modernization recommended, including extended MIS applications. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Advertising Agencies and Television Stations |
| Development of TAP (Television Audience Profile) and Reach and Frequency multijob systems to create reports on television viewing habits. The TAP system generates ratings for time slots and for programs by household, demographic grouping, and socioeconomic level. Reach and Frequency generates reports on reach and frequency of viewings for a specified set of TV programs on various demographies. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Urban Renewal and Housing, San Juan |
| Survey of building and grounds maintenance and security Corporation, programs, development of recommendations for improvements, and the training of employees and supervisors in new systems. |
| United States |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Economic planning assistance. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| University College of Turabo, (Colegio Universitario del Turabo), Caguas |
| Study to develop a mission document for the Office of the Dean of Students based on the integral student development concept.Regional College of Humacao, (Colegio Regional de Humacao) Study on documents administration in the College, in its filing, preservation and disposal of documents phases. Manuals on:(1) Norms and Procedures, Active File and Preservation and Disposal of Documents, (2) Instructions for the Use of the central Files Services, and (3) the Manual for the Classification of Files Documents, were prepared. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| State Insurance Fund, San Juan |
| (1) Survey of organization and basic procedures. (2) Design of records management procedures. (3) Installation of a statistical reporting system measuring performance. (4) Assistance in reorganization of the Fund |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Right to Work Administration, San Juan |
| Reconnaissance survey of the administration`s organization with recommendations on the structural and functional reorganization of the agency for efficient functioning with a reduction in staff. Recommendations were made also on staffing, space layout, and the mechanization of some administrative operations. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Puerto Rico Water Resources |
| (1) Study of the functioning of the Executive Director`s Authority, San JuanOffice and other top level units. (2) Preparation of a comprehensive administrative manual. (3) Development of improved administrative policies in the fields of purchasing, property management, communications, and personnel administration. (4) Installation of a reorganization plan, and improved personnel practices. (5) Development of control reports for the Divisions of Generation and Transmission, Design and Construction, and Distribution and Sales. (6) Study of the organization and functioning of the reproduction center. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Puerto Rico Nuclear Center, San Juan |
| (1) Study of organization and basic procedures. (2) Preparation of manuals and installation of improved procedures |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Puerto Rico Medical Association, San Juan |
| Recommendations of changes in organization and improvements in administration of support services and membership matters, and in relations between the central and district groups. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Puerto Rico Junior College (PRJC), San Juan |
| The project included the evaluation of the existing administrative structure; the evaluation of patterns of inter and intra-departmental communications; the assessment of supervisory skills and styles of managerial personnel and identification of areas where training was needed. It also included the detailed development of admissions registry, treasury and economic assistance procedures. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO), San Juan |
| Review of organization, programs and administration to identify impediments to the achievement of results; development of recommendations for reorganization and management systems improvements. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Puerto Rico Employees Association, San Juan |
| Study of organization structure and basic management and operating procedures; development of position classification and salary plans and other phases of the installation of proposed organization, processes and programs. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ports Authority, San Juan |
| (1) Development of an administrative manual covering personnel, budgeting, supply, procurement, and related matters. (2) Comprehensive study of organization and basic procedures. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Planning Board, San Juan |
| (1) Review of records management practices and development of recommendations for further improvement. (2) Installation of records management system. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Orbit International Corporation, San Juan |
| Design of overall organization phased to meet expansion plans; recommendations for stock distribution plan for executives; and evaluation of executives in connection with expansion plans. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Municipal Government of San Juan |
| Development of classification of positions and pay plans covering the Municipality`s medical personnel working at the Municipal Hospital of the Capital and at the different dispensaries throughout the Capital. Development of a seniority plan applicable to all medical personnel. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| General Services Administration, San Juan |
| Preparation of organization and program plans for this new agency, including a phased time schedule for implementation. (GSA has government-wide responsibility for purchasing and supply, printing, motor pools, computer services, communications, records and archives management, and most public building management.) |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Federation of Musicians, San Juan |
| Study of organization, programs and administration; of new accounting, personnel and records management systems. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Economic Development Administration, (Fomento), San Juan |
| (1) Study of top level management relationships between Administration, the Industrial Development Company, and the Ports Authority. (2) Survey of overall organization patterns in the Commonwealth Government for transportation and communication functions and recommendations for improvements. (3) Review of the organization and key programs of the Administration; identification of factors impeding the achievement of results and the formulation of recommendations for necessary changes and adjustments. (4) Analysis of the economic and industrial economic and planning needs of the Administration and recommendations for reorganization to assure more effective program planning and operational support services. (5) Review of industrial research and local industry promotion programs and the develo |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of the Treasury |
| (1) Study of the prize structure, markets, and sales systems of the Lottery. (2) Review of organization and procedures of the Lottery and the ticket quota system, and the formulation of recommendations for improvements |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of State, San Juan |
| A special classroom and on-the-job training program for Latin American technicians in the methodology of administrative analysis, including preparation and presentation of materials, seminar leadership, work supervision and results evaluation. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of Social Services |
| The main components of the project were the development and installation of a plan for classification of 9,000 jobs, and the development and installation of a salary scale for career personnel. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of Public Works, Alcohol Safety Action Program |
| Island-wide survey to evaluate the effectiveness of Alcohol Action Programs in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of Education |
| (1) Overall organization and management study. (2) Assistance to the Department in identifying, securing and supervising the use and control of non-state funds. (3) Critique of the evaluation design for the project ""Innovation to Prepare Disadvantaged Children for the World of Work."" Development of an audit plan including detailed procedures to guide the auditing process through the life of the project. (4) An accomplishment audit to verify and assess the achievement or degree of achievement of objectives set forth for a World of Work project financed under Title III of the Fed. Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (5) An accomplishment audit to assess the appropriateness of the evaluation procedures for determining the effectiveness of operational and management process and to verif |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of Agriculture, San Juan |
| Development and installation of an improved records management system for the Department and associated semi-autonomous institutions |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Courts Administration, San Juan |
| Study of management of the District and Superior Courts in the metropolitan area, including the development of plans for appropriate consolidation of non-judicial activities incident to relocation of the courts in a new judicial center; preparation of procedural manuals and guidelines incorporating modernization recommended, including extended computer applications. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, San Juan |
| Development and implementation of a records management system more effectively serving the needs of the Trust, including file classifications, correspondence and document control, and policies and procedures for the retention and disposal of materials. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Community Service Institute (Instituto de Servicios Comunales - INSEC) |
| Reconnaissance study of the organization and systems of INSEC. The study covered an evaluation of their organization; planning and external resources; and the administrative, and fiscal procedures and controls such as: finance, personnel, procurement, warehouse, fixed assets, and general services (files and records management, communications, control of correspondence, space distribution, etc.). Recommendations were made toward improvement of their delivery of services and enhance productivity, as well as to upgrade the management systems, proposing a revised organization structure. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Community Action Agency, Head Start Program, San Juan |
| Review of administrative structure and processes; evaluation of the program to determine impact and effectiveness. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| City of San Juan |
| (1) Study of the organization and administration of the Department of Health and Welfare, including ambulatory services and the Santurce and Rio Piedras hospitals. (2) Survey of the organization and administration of the municipal government with detailed recommendations for improvement. (3) Design and installation of a comprehensive records management system for the Mayor`s office and all departments. (4) Evaluation of processes and end products of the Skills Center of the Model City Program. (5) Review of the organization and effectiveness of personnel deployment (productivity in the municipal government) including recommendations on methods to enhance productivity through a system of incentives. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Bacardi Corporation, San Juan |
| Development and installation of a records management program covering file classifications, receipt and control of correspondence, and records retention and disposal. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Association of Police Officers, (Asociacion de Miembros de la Policia), San Juan |
| Study of organization and personnel problems of the secretariat, including recommendations. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, San Juan |
| (1) Installation of a records management program. (2) Survey of systems requirements and preparation of manuals covering engineering and construction; operations, maintenance, and commercial activities; and general administration. Design and assistance in the installation of a statistical reporting system covering operational programs and finance. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Allied Management Group, San Juan |
| Water Recreational Park. Provided assistance, as requested, to prepare necessary documents, prepare feasibility and other studies. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Westinghouse Electric Company S.A., San Juan |
| Island-wide salary and fringe benefits survey. Statistical analysis tables were presented by areas selected by the Company. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| University of Puerto Rico, San Juan |
| (1) Review of the personnel program covering both administrative and academic staff; recommendations for policy and procedural improvements. (2) Installation of classification and pay plans for technical research positions at the several campuses. (3) Classification of positions and preparation of a pay plan for non-teaching positions |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Travenol Laboratories, Inc., San Juan |
| Salary survey, including salaries, salary related data, non-salary compensation, selected benefits and perquisites. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Rural Development Corporation, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Development of individual classification and salary plans (Department of Agriculture) for the Exempt and Career Services of the Corporation. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Rexach Construction Corporation, San Juan |
| (1) Development of an executive compensation program, including salaries, bonuses, and other features. (2) Development of classification and salary plans for the staff of the University Board of Trustees |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Water Resources, San Juan |
| (1) Development of training program for supervisory personnel covering personnel policies and procedures, administration of the collective agreement, and other phases of industrial relations. (2) Study to determine alternate methods to be used by the Retirement System to process home loans for participants. (3) Development and installation of job evaluation and salary scales for all professional and related management positions |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Teachers Credit Cooperative, San Juan |
| (1) Development and installation of classification and pay plans. (2) Design and assistance in the installation of selected personnel policies and procedures covering recruitment, selection, appointment, and employee orientation and evaluation, and records |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Teachers Association, San Juan |
| (1) Installation of classification and pay plans. (2) Revision and up-dating of the classification and pay plans and study of selected administrative processes. (3) Provision of on-call advice on personnel matters |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Public Building Authority, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Evaluation of the classification and salary plans Government of Puerto Rico designed for management positions of the Authority |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, San Juan |
| Evaluation of the Incentive Compensation Plan of the Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc. (PRMMI) in terms of what such plan should be expected to achieve, and its relationship to overall PRMMI compensation policy and financial situation. Comparison of the Plan`s features with practice within the shipping industry. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Manufacturing Association, San Juan |
| Annual island-wide salary, wage and fringe benefits survey among members of the Association. This study covers exempt and hourly positions; and data is reported by company, SIC, region and island average. First survey conducted in 1982. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO), San Juan |
| (1) Installation of position classification and salary plans. (2) Advice on the company`s human resource development. (3) Review of salary plan and advice in industrial relations. (4) Non-union salary study. (5) Development of comprehensive personnel program in manual form |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Government Development Bank, San Juan |
| Survey of personnel administration, covering job classification, salaries, policies, and procedures.Development and installation of a new job classification and salary plan for all union and non-union employees. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Gas Company (PROGASCO), San Juan |
| Technical assistance in the organization of its personnel administration office, systems and procedures, and design and development of position classification and salary plans for management and operation employees. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Distillers, Inc., Arecibo |
| (1) Development and installation of job classification and salary plans.(2) Salary and fringe benefits survey. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Puerto Rico Teachers Association, San Juan |
| Organization and management survey. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa), San Juan |
| Assistance in improving administrative services for the Legislative Assembly. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rico Bankers Association, San Juan |
| Study of salaries and fringe benefits among member banks and other leading employers in the Puerto Rican labor market.Periodic surveys to update salary and fringe benefit data and to identify and analyze trends. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Ports Authority, San Juan |
| Development of classification and salary plans for management and union positions of the Ports Authority. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Ports Authority, San Juan |
| Advice on matters of wage negotiations.Development and installation of position classification and salary plans for non-union employees.Review and up-date the classification and salary plans for non-union employees and advice on the setting of union salaries. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Mueblerias Mendoza, Inc., Cayey |
| Development of position classification and pay plans, and a fringe benefits survey, covering its central headquarters and its over fifty retail stores, warehouses and maintenance shops. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Metropolitan Bus Authority, San Juan |
| Technical assistance to the Authority and the union in the implementation of personnel systems features of the collective bargaining agreement; development of job classification and salary plans covering both union and supervisory positions. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| International Basic Economy Corporation, San Juan |
| Recruitment of technicians and executives and administrative staff. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San Juan |
| (1) Development of classification and salary plans covering all non-teaching personnel of the University. In addition, a fringe benefits survey and a special analysis regarding special top level positions. (2) Conduct of External Evaluation of the federally funded project for the Secretarial Science Curriculum Implementation in the University`s Department of Economics and Business Administration |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Government Employees Association, San Juan |
| Design and installation of position classification and salary plans for management and union positions. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| General Foods Corporation, Caguas |
| Annual salary, wage and fringe benefits survey among a selected sample of firms in their market area. The study included exempt, non-exempt and hourly employees. The fringe benefits were monetized for the purpose of determining the full salary package of the employees. First survey conducted in 1985. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Federation of Credit Cooperatives of Puerto Rico, San Juan |
| Development and installation of position classification and salary plans covering employees of the Federation.Preparation of a Personnel Guide for personnel administration to be used by members of the member cooperatives. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Executive Office of the Governor, San Juan |
| Study of fringe benefits and recommendations for cabinet and agency head positions. |
| West Indies |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Regional Development Agency, St. Johns, Antigua |
| (1) Advice and assistance to the Executive Secretary of Regional Development Agency on regional organization and economic planning. (2) Assistance to the Regional Development Agency in carrying out economic pre-feasibility studies of selected regional economic and development projects. Organization and conduct of seminars in each island on project development and evaluation. Technical assistance in planning to individual planning units of the eight island-governments |
| West Indies |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Regional Development Agency, |
| (1) Advice and assistance to the Executive Secretary of St. Johns, Antigua, the Regional Development Agency on regional organization and economic planning. (2) Assistance to the Regional Development Agency in carrying out economic prefeasibility studies of selected regional economic and development projects. Organization and conduct of seminars in each island on project development and evaluation. Technical assistance in planning to individual planning units of the eight-island governments. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Economic Development Administration,U.S. Department of Commerce, St. Thomas Islands |
| Study of the economic development needs of the Virgin U.S, as related to programs supported by the Federal Public Works and the Economic Development Act of 1965. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of Education, St. Criox |
| An accomplishment audit to assess the appropriateness of the evaluation procedures for determining the effectiveness of operational and management process and to verify results of the Bilingual Program supported under Title VII of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Communication Research Institute, St. Thomas |
| Revision of by-laws and recommendations on organization, budget, records, procedures for expenditure controls and purchasing, and personnel policy. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Office of the Governor, St. Thomas |
| Study of the salary plan and recommendations for revisions of the Personnel Rules and Regulations. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Department of Health |
| Diagnostic study of the organization, administrative and fiscal practices of the Department, including the operation of hospitals and other in-patient facilities. Design of a new organizational structure more in line with its programs and services; and revised budgeting and accounting systems and procedures, including the design of new manuals. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Department of Finance, St. Thomas |
| (1) Installation of a government-wide accounting system covering budgetary control, pre-auditing, disbursements, revenue receipts, financial reporting, and the application of automatic data processing equipment. (2) Provision of follow-up technical services in the field of accounting and automation. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Communication Research Institute, St. Thomas |
| Recommendations and improvement of the budget system, as well as of the procedures for expenditure control and purchasing. |
| Venezuela |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Health |
| Human Resource Management and Payroll Systems.C&M is currently helping the Venezuelan Ministry of Health to modernize its human resource management system. The centerpiece of this support is the design, development, and implementation of a computerized personnel management system that enables administrators to systematize personnel management and deployment under a decentralized management model. Major elements of this support include (a) design of a human resources management system, (b) census of 40,000 MOH employees to gather information on training, qualifications, deployment, vacation and leave time, performance, and related areas, (c) development of custom software applications for personnel and payroll administration, (d) creation of datafiles and testing of all systems, and (e) tr |
| Virgin Islands |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Department of Finance, St. Thomas |
| Technical assistance for a government-wide accounting system covering budgetary control, pre-auditing, disbursements, revenue receipts, financial reporting, and the application of automatic data processing equipment, and (2) the provision of follow-up technical services in the field of accounting and automation. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Office of the Lieutenant Governor, St. Thomas |
| Study of the organization, legislation and procedures in property assessment.Development and installation of a comprehensive property assessment system; preparation of technical manuals and the training of local staff; and preparation of billing procedures and advice on collections.Follow-up assistance in property tax administration with special reference to cyclical reappraisal programs.Revision and updating of the Virgin Islands Assessment Manual. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Department of Finance, St. Thomas |
| Administrative study of the Virgin Islands Lottery, and installation of a system of accounts and financial procedures for this organization. |
| Venezuela |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Ministry of Health |
| Human Resource Management and Payroll Systems. C&M is currently helping the Venezuelan Ministry of Health to modernize its human resource management system. The centerpiece of this support is the design, development, and implementation of a computerized personnel management system that enables administrators to systematize personnel management and deployment under a decentralized management model. Major elements of this support include (a) design of a human resources management system, (b) census of 40,000 MOH employees to gather information on training, qualifications, deployment, vacation and leave time, performance, and related areas, (c) development of custom software applications for personnel and payroll administration, (d) creation of datafiles and testing of all systems, and (e) t |
| Venezuela |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Commission on Public Administration, Government of Venezuela, Caracas |
| Technical advice in developing a personnel selection program for the Government, including training of Venezuelan technicians in test construction. |
| Venezuela |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Health |
| In Venezuela, the firm, Inc. is currently providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Health under the World Bank Health Modernization Project (contract period 1997-1999). the firm, Inc. has primary responsibility for the design, development and implementation of a new system of resource allocation planning and transfers within the health sector. State-of-the-art analysis techniques (including case mix analysis for hospitalization services and simulation analysis for financial modeling) are used to establish indices measures for financial transfers between the central government, state governments, local governments, hospitals and programs. Additional support is provided for policy development and for systems implementation. The mechanisms are being developed for uses in s |
| Virgin Islands |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of Finance, St. Thomas |
| Administrative survey of the Department and of basic financial procedures. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Department of Education |
| An accomplishment audit to assess the appropriateness of the evaluation procedures for determining the effectiveness of operational and management process and to verify results of the Bilingual Program supported under the Title VII of the Federal Elementary and secondary Education Act. The audit covered the first year of the Program. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, St. Thomas |
| Study of the economic development needs of the Virgin Islands as related to programs supported by the Federal Public Works and the Economic Development Act of 1965. |
| Venezuela |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Health |
| Human Resource Management and Payroll Systems.C&M is currently helping the Venezuelan Ministry of Health to modernize its human resource management system. The centerpiece of this support is the design, development, and implementation of a computerized personnel management system that enables administrators to systematize personnel management and deployment under a decentralized management model. Major elements of this support include (a) design of a human resources management system, (b) census of 40,000 MOH employees to gather information on training, qualifications, deployment, vacation and leave time, performance, and related areas, (c) development of custom software applications for personnel and payroll administration, (d) creation of datafiles and testing of all systems, and (e) tr |
| United States |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| International B.F. Goodrich Company, San Juan |
| Technical assistance in long-range operations planning, including the assembly and analyses of data on the Puerto Rico market. |
| United States |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Institute of Public Administration, New York |
| Development of plans for a seminar to train approximately 400 Peruvians in the techniques of project development. |
| United States |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Montgomery Ward and Company, Chicago |
| Assistance in the construction of achievement tests for selected key managerial positions. |
| United States |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| National Industrial Conference Board, Washington, D.C. |
| Collection and reporting on retail prices for selected items in the San Juan Metropolitan Area as part of a multi-city cost of living report service of the Board. |
| United States |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| International B.F. Goodrich Company, San Juan |
| Technical assistance in long-range operations planning including the assembly analysis of data on the Puerto Rico market. |
| United States |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Institute of Public Administration, New York |
| Plans for a seminar to train approximately 400 Peruvians in the techniques of project development. |
| United States |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Caribbean Development Bank |
| Evaluation of Industrial Estate Loans Provided by the Bank. Study prepared for the Caribbean Regional Development Office of the USAID. |
| United States |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| USAID |
| Evaluation of Joint Memorandum of Understanding between Land Grant Universities and USAID to promote participation in Agricultural Development Programs of USAID in developing countries. |
| Guatemala |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Government of Guatemala |
| Position Classification and Salary Survey. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Government of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo |
| (1) Assistance in the establishment of a modern personnel system for the national government, including classification and pay plans, tests development, recruitment and selection programs, and other phases of a comprehensive program, together with advice on civil service legislation and regulations. (2) Development and installation of improved organization and systems in the field of personnel administration in the Ministry of Education. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| The PRICOR Project (Primary Health Care Operations Research Project) |
| Operation research studies for the Ministry of Health of the Dominican Republic to plan the pricing policy and the logistics system for public and private sectors ORS (Oral Rehydration Salts) distribution. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Secretariat of Public Health and Social Assistance (SESPAS) |
| As part of the technical assistance provided to the USAID Dominican Republic Health Project, consultancy was offered, among other, in the human resources administration field and in the structural and functional reorganization of the Ministry of Health. An analysis and recommendations was provided for the reorganization of the General Finance Directorate and the Office of Internal Audits. The human resources area covered an inventory of all direct hire personnel by region facility and level of service; procedure manuals for central and regional administrative offices on the most common personnel functions; projected personnel costs by facilities; work performance standards and guidelines for personnel supervision. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Treasury Office |
| Design of procedures for an automated bank account reconciliation, payroll computerization and check issuance. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Health |
| Technical assistance to the Dominican Ministry of Health. The objective of the services was to establish a sound capability for financial management, management information systems and human resources administration within the Secretariat of Public Health and Social Assistance (SESPAS). Among the activities that comprised the financial area, the project included the design of a rational budget base both in the formulation as well as in the control of its execution; establishment of cost-benefit analysis techniques for the evaluation of programs and the selection and definition of efficiency and productivity standards; design of financial reports models; the establishment of a basic cost accounting and recovery systems; the establishment of an encumbrance system; control and pre-audit of f |
| Dominican Republic |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA), Santo Domingo |
| Comprehensive evaluation of DACEA`s manual accounting system and controls, including: the legal background; DACEA`s relation with CEA`s Financial system; DACEA and CEA`s chart of accounts; Records and files in use; and the established procedures and internal controls within the USAID established accounting standards and requirements under the grant agreement for the Sugar Diversification Project. Based on the results of the evaluation, a new computerized accounting system was designed and installed, allowing for a strict control of USAID funds, as well as for any other funds from local and external sources. The Chart of Accounts was revised and its description was written; accounting and budget have been duly integrated; accounting is kept by source of financing and project; and the Gener |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| Assistance to the National Economic Council in presentation of the Five-Year National Development Plan. |
| El salvador |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of El Salvador |
| Property Tax Administration of the Government of El Salvador - A survey report |
| Dominican Republic |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Punta Caucedo Airport |
| Study of the methods and procedures for baggage inspection in the airport. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Secretariat of Public Health and Social Assistance (SESPAS) |
| A project of technical assistance to improve SESPAS financial management, management information systems and human resources administration. This technical assistance included the conduct of baseline studies; the development, implementation and institutionalization of improved management systems; of in-country training; procurement of audio-visual equipment to support training and the administration of the participant training of SESPAS personnel. The project was organized in three phases (base line studies, design and implementation, and final assessment and consolidation of activities). Each phase ended with a performance assessment check point. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Industrial Development Corporation |
| Design of an accounting and budget system. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo |
| (1) Advice and assistance in the formulation of national budgets. (2) Design of modern budgetary and general and real property accounting systems; and the application of electronic computers to these systems; advice and assistance in establishment and installation of pre and post-auditing systems, including the drafting of necessary legislation. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Office of the President |
| As a major part of a comprehensive organizational and functional survey of the National Government, study of the organization and management of the educational sector, including recommendations for regrouping and reorientation of existing programs and agencies and for new approaches seen necessary for the future. A follow-up survey with the same scope was made for a new administration several years after the initial study, resulting in more detailed technical assistance in the field of education described. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Ministry of Education |
| (1) Comprehensive study of the organization and administration of the Ministry of Education and assistance in implementation of recommendations. (2) Development and installation of improved organization and systems in the field of personnel administration in the Ministry of Education. (3) Evaluation of the vocational and technical education program in the Dominican Republic to determine the extend to which the program was supplying adequately the needs of the country in quantity and quality. The evaluation included curriculum, schools, and shop facilities and equipment, teacher training, and their responsiveness to employer needs. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA) |
| As part of a technical assistance program to the Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA) of the State Sugar Council (CEA), the firm conducted a comprehensive job analysis of DACEA positions and of its personnel qualifications; and designed a four year professional staff training program that included in-service training, on the job workshops, seminars and short training courses in local and USA universities and institutes. For the displaced workers, the firm designed, organized and conducted re-training programs in line with the new job opportunities in the area. |
| Honduras |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| World Bank |
| Technical advising and manual preparation in the area of planning urban services. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Government of Honduras |
| Report on the National Transportation Center. |
| Honduras |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) |
| Personnel practices and procedures. |
| El salvador |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of El Salvador |
| System for the control and evaluation of the budget for the programs in the Education branch. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Government of the Dominican Republic |
| (1) Economic advice on planning and industrial policy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (2) Long-term technical assistance for guiding the Corporacion de Fomento Industrial in organizing its Economic Research Department; developing procedures and training personnel within the promotion program of the Corporation. (3) Study of the feasibility of a national property tax, preparation of legislation and plans for the installation of a real property assessment program. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA) |
| As part of the sugar diversification efforts, and based on the results of a world-wide market study for sugar cane through year 2000 conducted by the firm, we carried out a series of economic and financial studies on several potential new uses of the land and on the sugar mills. A few examples of the studies focused on non-traditional cultivation, free trade zones, agro-industry and tourism. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo |
| Study of the feasibility of a national property tax; preparation of legislation and plans for the installation of a real property assessment program. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| USAID/Dominican Republic |
| Follow-up on mid-term evaluation of a major resource management project that recommended reorientation of the project toward watershed management with restructuring, refocusing and other changes. This evaluation was followed by the preparation of a strategy plan and implementation schedule for the management of the watersheds. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA) |
| As part of a technical assistance program to the Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA) of the State Sugar Council (CEA), the firm conducted a management assessment of their organizational structure and their administrative and financial/accounting systems and procedures. A new organizational structure and revised administrative and financial/accounting systems and procedures were recommended to expedite achievement of the objectives of the sugar diversification program. Manuals were prepared and training seminars were conducted to explain the staff of DACEA and CEA the new organization and systems and the reasons for the changes. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Corporacion Dominicana para la Exportacion |
| Under agreement with a local consulting firm, the firm assisted in the conduct and analysis of a market study on the export potential of 25 products (fresh fruits and vegetables) to eleven selected islands in the Caribbean Basin. |
| Costa Rica |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of Costa Rica, San Jose |
| Design of improved procedures for planning and preparing development projects in selected sectors of the economy, and the training of client staff in such processes; work included writing of a manual, conduct of seminars, and on-the-job training in the preparation and evaluation of sample projects. |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Honduras |
| Study of the organization and coordination of agricultural programs. |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Centro Cooperativo Tecnico Industrial, Tegucigalpa |
| Seminars in employer-employee relations in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and other cities. |
| Costa Rica |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| USAID |
| Technical assistance to the Government of Costa Rica for personnel training and the development of improved planning procedures. |
| Costa Rica |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| National Insurance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Seguros), San Jose |
| Study of organization and procedures of the national insurance agency. |
| Costa Rica |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| National Aqueduct and Sewer Service (Servicio Nacional de Acueductos) |
| Management survey, including organization, operating y Alcantarillado (SNAA), San Jose and selected administrative procedures, preparation and installation of a position classification plan and records management system. |
| Costa Rica |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| National Aqueduct and Sewer Service |
| Study of the ""Servicio Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillado,"" a quasi-autonomous entity with legal personality, for the purpose of improving its organization and management processes. The study included the design of a new mechanized billing and collections system, with detailed procedures for implementation. This new system required, in addition, the preparation of an entry data man |
| Costa Rica |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Interamerican Institute of Human Rights |
| Report on the management and implementation capability of the Interamerican Institute of Human Rights in Costa Rica and of Funcacion CIVITAS, a Chilean Non-Governmental Orgranization, to carry out a $1.4 million voter education program in Chile. |
| Costa Rica |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| National Aqueduct and Sewer Service (Servicio Nacional de Acueductos) |
| Management survey, including organization, operating y Alcantarillado (SNAA), San Jose and selected administrative procedures, preparation and installation of a position classification plan and records management system. |
| Costa Rica |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| National Aqueduct and Sewer Service |
| Study of the ""Servicio Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillado,"" a quasi-autonomous entity with legal personality, for the purpose of improving its organization and management processes. The study included the design of a new mechanized billing and collections system, with detailed procedures for implementation. This new system required, in addition, the preparation of an entry data man |
| Costa Rica |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| USAID |
| Technical assistance to the Government of Costa Rica for personnel training and the development of improved planning procedures. |
| Costa Rica |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Tropical Agronomic Center for Research and Teaching (CATIE) |
| Analysis of the personnel system of the Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza (CATIE; the Tropical Agronomic Center for Research and Teaching), Turrailba, Costa Rica. |
| Costa Rica |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| National Water and Sewer Service (Servicio Nacional de Acueductos Alcantarillado (SNAA), San Jose |
| Development and installation of position classification and salary plans and procedures for its employees and training of staff for administration and maintenance. |
| Costa Rica |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of Costa Rica |
| Technical assistance on the preparation of the budget for the Central Government; procedures for invoice issuance and cancellation. |
| El salvador |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Finance, San Salvador |
| Development of a reporting and control system based on an existing performance budgeting system. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Secretariat of State for Education, Fine Arts and Culture |
| Study of the organization of the Secretariat |
| Dominican Republic |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Caribbean Basin Norcem, Inc. |
| Cement Market Survey |
| Costa Rica |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Oficina de Planificacion, San Jose |
| Organization and procedures to implement national planning law. |
| Costa Rica |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Interamerican Institute of Human Rights |
| Report on the management and implementation capability of the Interamerican Institute of Human Rights in Costa Rica and of Funcacion CIVITAS, a Chilean Non-Governmental Orgranization, to carry out a $1.4 million voter education program in Chile. |
| Costa Rica |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Government of Costa Rica, San Jose |
| Preparation of a manual for Project Analysis and evaluation, and seminars for public planners in project analysis. On-the-job training in the preparation and evaluation of selected projects. |
| Costa Rica |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of Costa Rica, San Jose |
| Study of national budget process with recommendations for enhanced coordination with the planning function and more effective performance controls. |
| Costa Rica |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| USAID/Costa Rica |
| Analysis and Evaluation of the Coffee Rust Problem in Costa Rica and its impact on the economy and on the agricultural sector with technical recommendations for its control, eradication and credit assistance to the affected coffee growers. |
| Colombia |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Health |
| Study of requirements and analysis of alternatives for decentralization of a national computerized health information system for the Ministry. The project comprised the utilization of one local hospital, health center and health post to serve as models for development of the system. Scope of work included computer information needs for public health, environmental health, medical assistance (ambulatory and hospital), and administrative and management functions. |
| Colombia |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Integrated Health Services (Servicios Integrales de Salud, SIS, LTDA) |
| Analysis of demand for Hospital Services and Supply in two urban service areas in Bogota, Colombia (1997.) |
| Colombia |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Eye Foundation for South West Colombia |
| Analysis and technical assistance was provided for creation of a new Ophthomological Foundation to serve South Western Colombia. The study included preparation of a document for forming the foundation, articles of incorporation, a technical and economic feasibility study, and an analysis of the benefits of creating the Foundation (1997.) |
| Colombia |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Caribbean Basin Norcem, Inc. |
| Cement Market Survey - see related study in West Indies. |
| Colombia |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of Colombia, Bogota |
| Reconnaissance study of customs administration including recommendations for improvement. |
| Brazil |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| GERAN (Special Agency for the Rationalization of the Northeast Sugar Agro-Industry), Recife |
| A large part of this major program of technical assistance involved plans and programs for basic education and training in vocational skills of settlers on colonization projects. Work included assessment of needs, design of curricula, preparation of educational materials, organization of non-formal education units, orientation of teaching staff, and development of an evaluation system. |
| Panama |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of Panama |
| Study of the Colon Free Zone: Economic importance, problems faced and possibilities for expansion. |
| Honduras |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| USAID |
| Study and recommendations for improvement of the Honduras Custom Administration. |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Honduras |
| Organization and administration of governmental Agriculture Programs. |
| Costa Rica |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| National Insurance Institute (Instituto Nacional de Seguros), San Jose |
| Study of organization and procedures of the national insurance agency. |
| Brazil |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Special Group for the Rationalization of the Northeast Sugar Agroindustry (GERAN), Recife |
| Technical assistance in over-all planning, programming and implementation of integrated activities in the fields of agrarian reform, agricultural diversification, upgrading of rural families through adult and vocational training, community self-help projects, cooperative associations, etc. |
| Bolivia |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of Bolivia, La Paz |
| (1) Study of the organization and processes for national planning. (2) Technical assistance in economic planning with special reference to: transportation economics, project development, public investment, industrial planning, national income, accounting, and regional planning. (3) Development and conduct of three seminars in Project Development. |
| Bolivia |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Bolivian Sanitary Works Administration (Administracion Boliviana de Obras Sanitarias -ABOS), La Paz |
| Study of organization, management and operating practices of ABOS (national water and sewage agency) and of local systems in the cities of Oruro and Santa Cruz. |
| Bolivia |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Bolivian Sanitary Works Administration (Administracion Boliviana de Obras Sanitarias -ABOS), La Paz |
| Study of organization, management and operating practices of ABOS (national water and sewage agency) and of local systems in the cities of Oruro and Santa Cruz. |
| Bolivia |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Health |
| Technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to improve health services in 24 districts (half rural and half urban) in six of the nine departments of Bolivia, benefitting 49% of the population of the departments of Chuquisaca, Tarija, Oruro, Potosi, Beni and Pando. The program extended and improved the basic health services coverage, strengthening the operating capacity of the network of services, and supporting the development of the process of decentralizing the system of health care services. The program was made up of three components: (a) the health program reinforcement component, designed to improve health conditions through training and through priority prevention programs; (b) the institutional strengthening component, designed to improve the operations capacity of the health u |
| Bolivia |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| USAID |
| Technical assistance on economic planning/public investment budgeting and projects. |
| Bolivia |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Ministry of Education and Culture |
| Technical assistance on education administration and curricular development. |
| Bolivia |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Government of Bolivia, La Paz |
| Development of a manual for Project Analysis and evaluation, and seminars for mid-level public planners on project analysis. |
| Bolivia |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of Bolivia, La Paz |
| Advice and assistance in the preparation of a revised tax code incorporating tax reforms, including features to stimulate economic development. |
| Bolivia |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| USAID/Bolivia |
| Technical assistance in economic planning and project development. A series of agribusiness projects were identified for development and financing. |
| El salvador |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| USAID |
| Agrarian Reform Sector Support Project of El Salvador |
| Dominican Republic |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| INTEC |
| Advice on the design of a model and corresponding framework of the Manufacturing Industries in the Dominican Republic in 1982. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Pan American Development Foundation/OEA |
| Evaluation and plan for restructuring the Secretariat of State for Work |
| Bolivia |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| United Nations Development Programme, UNDP |
| Evaluation of the meat industry of Bolivia and recommendations for improvement of industrial processes and export facilities. |
| Bangladesh |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Bangladesh/USAID |
| Technical assistance to the Bangladesh Agricultural Credit Bank. Design and/or refinement of a series of experimental models for the extension of credit to small farmers through nine government banks and financial institutions; monitoring and provision of technical assistance and training in the administration of the models; evaluation of results through nationwide socio-economic, anthropological and other surveys; and identification of successful features for future replication. |
| Bahamas |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of the Bahamas Nassau, New Providence |
| (1) Technical assistance to the Government of the Bahamas in the establishment of a Ministry of Development and the preparation of plans and programs with special emphasis on economic planning, industrial development, housing, education and finance; work included conduct of comprehensive household and manpower surveys. (2) Conduct a seminar in cooperative development for government officials, including preparation of materials and the making of a final evaluation. |
| Bahamas |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of the Bahamas Nassau, New Providence |
| (1) Technical assistance to the Government of the Bahamas in the establishment of a Ministry of Development and the preparation of plans and programs with special emphasis on economic planning, industrial development, housing, education and finance; work included conduct of comprehensive household and manpower surveys. (2) Conduct a seminar in cooperative development for government officials, including preparation of materials and the making of a final evaluation |
| Bahamas |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Office of the Prime Minister |
| Evaluation and manpower survey involving evaluation of the past and present operations of the educational system, development of specific recommendations designed to assure that the publicly financed education process would be responsive to the economy`s needs for technical human resource development in all fields, and formulating further programs required to develop the country`s human resource base. Preparation of plans and programs for selected key government functions including multi-year plans in the education sector as well as short-term programs. |
| Bahamas |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Government of the Bahamas, New Providence, Bahamas Islands, |
| A General Analysis of the Economy of the Nassau, including a detailed analysis of the agricultural, tourism sector and public finances. |
| Bahamas |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of the Bahamas Nassau, New Providence |
| (1) Design and installation of property assessment and tax system and preparation of necessary legislation. (2) Design and assistance in the installation of a business and occupational licensing system. |
| Argentina |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, La Plata |
| Technical assistance in the design and installation of a performance budget system, including accounting features and the application of computer technology to the budgeting process. |
| Guatemala |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of Guatemala |
| Industrial Development Program - survey and evaluative reports. |
| Bangladesh |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| USAID |
| Evaluation of the Rural Finance Experimental Project. |
| Bahamas |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Government of the Bahamas |
| Bahamas Household Survey - Characteristics of the labor force |
| Argentina |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Government of Argentina, Buenos Aires |
| Review and evaluation of program budgeting; determination of further steps required for installation of a full planning-programming-budgeting system (PPBS); and development of an overall plan for that purpose. |
| Argentina |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, La Plata |
| Technical assistance in the design and installation of a performance budget system, including accounting features and the application of computer technology to the budgeting process. |
| Argentina |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Government of Argentina, Buenos Aires |
| Review and evaluation of program budgeting; determination of further steps required for installation of a full planning-programming-budgeting system (PPBS); and development of an overall plan for that purpose. |
| Argentina |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Ministry of Economy - Ministerio de Economia |
| System of reports on time worked and inspections carried out. |
| Argentina |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Economy - Ministerio de Economia |
| Budget and Tax Administration Project - General Study of the organization, systems, and procedures for the elaboration, administration, and execution of the annual budget of two proposed projects: of Accounting Law Reform and of a proposed Program Budget System. Led to a Budget Manual for the Province of Buenos Aires. |
| Argentina |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, La Plata |
| Technical assistance in the design and installation of a performance budget system, including accounting features and the application EDP equipment. Study and recommendations on the tax and collection system. |
| Argentina |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of Argentina, Buenos Aires |
| Review and evaluation of program budgeting; determination of further steps required for installation of a full planning-programming-budgeting system (PPBS); development of an overall plan for that purpose. Study and recommendations on the central accounting system. |
| Argentina |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ercoli y Albertali, contadores |
| Study of the proposed Integral Accounting System of budget management. Presented by the accountants Ignacio Ercoli y Luis E. Albertali. |
| Argentina |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Ministry of Economy - Ministerio de Economia |
| Budget and Tax Administration Improvement Project - including a series of reports and studies produced for the Ministry of the Economy. (1) Methods, practices and procedures for the administration of property taxes and recommendations for improving the tax collection system; (2) Organization, systems and procedures for the elaboration, administration, and execution of the annual budget of two proposed projects: of accounting law reform and a proposed program budget system; (3) Tax administration and lucrative activities; (4) Tax collection; and (5) Implementation of a Fiscal Compliance Body. |
| Argentina |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, La Plata |
| Survey of the provincial tax system, including gross receipts, property, stamp, automobile and other revenue measures; development and assistance in the installation of organizational and procedural improvements; technical assistance in the design and installation of a performance budgeting system. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Ramirez de Arellano, Mayaguez |
| A feasibility study related to the planning and construction of a large community center. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Department of Transportation and Public Works, San Juan |
| Development of a recommended financing plan for the construction and operation of a rapid transit system for the San Juan Metropolitan Area, including a study of the need for creating an independent authority for operating the system. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Department of the Treasury, San Juan |
| (1) Study of the prize structure, markets, and sales systems of the Lottery. (2) Review of organization and procedures of the Lottery and the ticket quota system, and the formulation of recommendations for improvements. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Vacia Talega Land Owners Association, San Juan |
| Development of a plan to finance a flood control project affecting over 10,000 cuerdas in Puerto Rico. The plan involved joint financing by the landowners, the Federal and Commonwealth Governments, public corporations and two municipal governments. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Regional Development Office/Caribbean AID |
| Reviewed the industrial estates program financed by AID (through the Caribbean Development Bank) in terms of its effects on employment, investment and import substitution; evaluation of the role of the Bank and the agencies in seven West Indian Governments, including competence of managerial and technical personnel, infra-structure support services provided, and financial records; determination of the existing and probable future use of industrial estates by enterprises in the commercial, industrial and manufacturing sector. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Puerto Rico Department of Commerce, San Juan |
| Foodshops or (Colmados), wholesaler, importer, supermarket surveys to assist the food distribution industry by providing information on the increased demand for food as the Federal Food Stamp Program becomes operative in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Puerto Rico Agricultural Council, San Juan |
| Reviewed all Commonwealth agricultural programs and the formulation of recommendations were carried out by the various agricultural agencies in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| National Marine Fisheries Service, San Juan |
| Development of socio-economic profile of recreational and commercial recreational fishermen of Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| La Fortaleza and Social Services |
| Study of the impact of introduction in Puerto Rico of the Department, San Juan Federal Food Stamp Program on the demand for food and supplies in the island. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Department of Social Services, San Juan |
| Poverty Level Estimates - Provided assistance to the Secretary of Social Services in the development of estimates of the minimum level of income known as the Poverty Income Level for Puerto Rico with reference to the Food Stamp Program. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Department of Agriculture |
| On the basis of an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) the Department awarded the firm, conduct of economic feasibility studies and financial analysis for the establishment of various agricultural projects (chicken farm, rabbits farm, drip irrigation, fertilized eggs, passion fruits, plantain production, etc). |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Puerto Rico Teachers Credit Cooperative, San Juan |
| Organization and management survey. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Presbyterian Community Hospital, San Juan |
| Development of an up-to-date position classification and accompanying salary plans. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Consumers Cooperatives (Puerto Rican Development Group), San Juan |
| Public opinion survey to determine the public`s attitude and opinions with respect to the need interest and satisfaction with the cooperative institutions, consumer as well as other types. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Borden`s Puerto Rico Dairy, Inc., San Juan |
| Study of the market for milk consumption in Puerto Rico based on economic and population growth forecasts. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Advisory Council on Vocational Education |
| Evaluation of the Vocational, Technical and High Skills Education Program. |
| Philippines |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Public Works and Roads |
| Design and implementation of a modern budget and cost accounting system, including the design of manuals and the training of the central staff as well as projects staff. This project was developed in coordination with Philnor, a Philippines/Norway engineering firm responsible for the engineering and planning phases of the project. |
| Peru |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Lima |
| Advice and participating assistance to the OECD connection with a Regional Planning Seminar sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). |
| Peru |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Finance, Commerce, and Customs |
| Development and installation of improvements in customs organization and procedures and training of Peruvian staff, including appraisals, enforcement, and accounting functions; development of improved training programs and methods of selection for employees; and advice and assistance in upgrading computer facilities. |
| Peru |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| USAID/Peru |
| Institutional analysis of the Ministry of Health selected private organizations and other private sector agencies for its inclusion in AID-Peru Child Survival Project Paper. Recommendations were made to strengthen the management capacity of public sector institutions and the technical assistance and training needs were described. |
| Peru |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| USAID/Peru |
| Strengthening Health Institutions Project (SHIP) - Northern Component also known as MAXSALUD for ""Maximizing Sustainable Health"". The purpose of the MAXSALUD Project is to test the operational and financial feasibility of a self-sustaining non-government primary health delivery model with nine clinics in Chiclayo, |
| Peru |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| USAID/Peru |
| Evaluation of two Peru Integrated Health and Family Planning Projects, an $18 million effort to strengthen and extend the delivery of services in rural and urban marginal areas through public and private sector channels. The evaluation included a review of the Ministry of Health organization and management, systems financial management, logistics, and family planning. |
| United States |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Loyola University Inter-American Center, New Orleans, LA |
| Seminars in project development and evaluation. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| American Hotel, San Juan |
| Advice on personnel matters and assistance in executive recruitment. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee |
| Provision of economic planning assistance for an irrigation study in Puerto Rico. |
| Peru |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| USAID/Peru |
| Designing a Child Survival Project for Peru including immunization, diarrheal disease control, family planning, nutrition, operations research, and a pharmaceutical fund. Our tasks included financial analysis, institutional analysis with emphasis on decentralization, analysis of the basic and essential medicines program, and overall project preparation and editorial work. |
| Peru |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Institute of Public Administration |
| Development of plans and all logistic requirements for a seminar to train approximately 400 Peruvians in the techniques of project development and evaluation. |
| Peru |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Cementos Loreto |
| Markets for a Cement Plant in Iguitos; A Preliminary Report. Prepared in conjunction with Norconsult A.S. and with the assistance of the Corporacion de Regionalizacion y Consultoria S.A. (CRC) and the Sociedade Civil de Engenharia e Economia (SOCIL). |
| Peru |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Ministry of Finance, Commerce, and Customs |
| (1) Development and installation of improvements in Lima customs organization and procedures, and training of Peruvian staff. (2) Continued assistance in improving customs organization and procedures, including appraisement, enforcement, and accounting functions; development of improved training programs and methods of selection for employees. |
| Paraguay |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Government of Paraguay, Asuncion |
| Development of plan for reorganizing national government agencies in the field of agriculture and assistance in implementation of the plans. |
| Paraguay |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Paraguay, Asuncion |
| Development of plan for reorganizing national government agencies in the field of agriculture and assistance in implementation of the plans |
| Panama |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Planning Department |
| Regional inventory of natural resources. Sectorial studies: industrial sector, electrification sector, and the potential of the tourism industry. |
| Panama |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of Panama, Panama City |
| (1) Technical assistance to the Office of Planning in the fields of general economics, industrial analysis, tourism, housing, agriculture, statistical systems, capital budgeting and national and regional planning. (2) Assistance in the development of a five-year public investment program and training of Panamanian staff in the methodology involved; advice in the revision of the quota import and tariff system. (3) Provision of follow-up assistance in selected aspects of national economic planning. (4) Advice to the Ministry of Planning and Economy on the Economic and Social Development Plan of Panama. |
| Panama |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Government of Panama, Panama City |
| Technical assistance in improving the National budget system, including the application of computer technology and introducing performance concepts, including training of staff. |
| Panama |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| General Directorate of the Departments |
| Technical assistance, including an economic report and an instruction manual for correspondence and files. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Department of Health, St. Thomas and St. Croix |
| Administrative survey of the Department, including administration of hospitals. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Puerto Rico Government Development Bank, San Juan |
| Installation of a comprehensive records management, program. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Grand Union Supermarkets, San Juan |
| Recruitment for management positions. |
| Panama |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Government of Panama, Panama City |
| Diagnostic study of the public administration system of Panama. Because of the firm`s involvement in the development of a national planning and economic strategy and a master plan for development, the firm was requested to participate actively in the study that another consulting firm was conducting at the same time. |
| Panama |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Government of Panama |
| Technical assistance with organizing salary structures. |
| Panama |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of Panama, Panama City |
| Technical assistance in improving the National budget system and introducing performance concepts, including training of local staff. Design of an income estimation methodology. |
| Panama |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of Panama |
| General study of the organization, systems and procedures for the elaboration, administration, execution and liquidation of the budget and for the accounting and control of Central Government funds. |
| Panama |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Design and conduct of a national survey among employers and educational institutions to determine immediate and projected supply and demand of skilled labor. This survey was conducted as part of a study to design a new incentives program for industry. |
| Panama |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Government of Panama, Panama City |
| Technical assistance to the Office of Planning in the areas of macroeconomics, industrial analysis, tourism, housing, agriculture, statistical systems, capital budgeting and national and regional planning.Assistance in the development of a five-year public investment program and training of Panamanian staff in the methodology involved; advice in the revision of the quota import and tariff system.Provision of follow-up assistance in selected aspects of national economic planning.Advice to the Ministry of Planning and Economy on the Economic and Social Development Plan for Panama.Needs assessment on the infrastructure of light-manufacturing industries in the metropolitan Region of Panama.Study of government policy on the use of incentives for the promotion of local and foreign investment. |
| Panama |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of Panama |
| Methods for estimating the income of the Government of Panama: Projections for the years 1969-72, and monthly projections for 1969. |
| Panama |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Panama |
| Technical assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture Development in the reorganization of its ""Direccion Nacional de Cooperativas"" and the design of improved accounting systems and procedures.Technical assistance to the Office of Planning in the fields of general economics, industrial analysis, tourism, housing, agriculture, statistical systems, capital budgeting and national and regional planning.Technical assistance in improving the National Budget system and introducing performance concepts, including training of local staff.Assistance in the development of a five-year public investment program and training of Panamanian staff in the methodology involved; advice in the revision of the quota import and tariff system.Provision of follow-up assistance in selected aspects of national econ |
| Philippines |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of Philippines |
| Budget Manual for Local Government; Manual for a Lecture-Workshop Training Manual on Local Government Budgeting. |
| Peru |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Department of Appraisal and Inspection |
| Reorganization of the Department. |
| Panama |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Central Planning Office |
| As part of a technical assistance in the preparation of the Economic and Social Development Plan, the firm prepared the plan for the Education Sector and trained the staff of the Office of Planning of the Ministry in the techniques and methodologies applied. |
| Panama |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of Panama, Panama City |
| Study of the Monetary System of Panama and recommendations for improvement. Study of the Tax Policy, Structure, Incentives and Foreign Commerce with recommendations to increase income and foreign investment. |
| Pakistan |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| USAID/Pakistan |
| Technical assistance in developing recurrent cost analysis for projects in the fields of primary health care, malaria control, rural electrification and irrigation system management. |
| Pakistan |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| USAID/Mission to Pakistan |
| Technical assistance in developing abbreviated recurrent cost analysis for the project System Management and Malaria Control II. |
| Nicaragua |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Finance, Managua |
| Assistance to the National Budget Office in the design and installation of a computerized program budget system. |
| Nicaragua |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock |
| Technical Assistance services, including manuals for Organization and Offices and for Administrative Procedures. |
| Nicaragua |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| USAID/Nicaragua |
| USAID/Nicaragua is supporting a major improvement in Nicaragua`s primary education through the Basic Education Project (BASE) with major components for decentralization, institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Education, curriculum development, and teacher training. the firm provides long-term advisers for evaluation, organizational reform, and educational policy |
| Nicaragua |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Health (MINSA) |
| the firm, Inc. was contracted to oversee the logistics (planning, procurement, warehousing, transportation and maintenance of biomedical equipment, as well as improving the organization and management of health centers) and the pharmacological aspects of a complex, ten-year long Ministry of Health project. The two main foci of the project were to establish an Management Information System within the Ministry of Health and develop planning mechanisms within the health sector (1987-1997). |
| Nicaragua |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Health (MINSA) |
| the firm, Inc. was contracted to oversee the logistics (planning, procurement, warehousing, transportation and maintenance of biomedical equipment, as well as improving the organization and management of health centers) and the pharmacological aspects of a complex, ten-year long Ministry of Health project. The two main foci of the project was to establish an Management Information System within the Ministry of Health and develop planning mechanisms within the health sector. (1987-1997) |
| Nicaragua |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Health |
| The Committee on Nutrition under a grant from USAID contracted for an evaluation of the food distribution system of the country in order to determine how the nutritional level of the population might be raised if the efficiency of the food distribution system could be improved. |
| United States |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Loyola University Inter-American Center, New Orleans |
| Seminars in project development and evaluation. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| University of Puerto Rico |
| Installation of classification and pay plans for technical research positions at the several campuses. |
| Nicaragua |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Health Sector |
| IDB-funded technical cooperation for the Health Project ""Strengthening Services and Institutions"" in Nicaragua: (1) strengthening strategic planning capacity of Ministry of Health; (2) strengthening of MINSA capabilities for project development and coordination of foreign assistance; (3) strengthening of management of the hospital system; (4) study of sectoral financing alternatives; and (5) study of demand for health services. Our firm prepared the project paper and the terms of reference for this four year project which started in mid-1 |
| Nicaragua |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Finance and Credit |
| Methodology for estimation of current taxes and recommendations to improve the functioning of the finance section of the General Budget Administration. |
| Nicaragua |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| USAID/Nicaragua |
| USAID/Nicaragua is supporting a major improvement in Nicaragua`s primary education through the Basic Education Project (BASE) with major components for decentralization, institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Education, curriculum development, and teacher training. (current) the firm provides long-term advisers for evaluation, organizational reform, and educational policy. |
| Nicaragua |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Ministry of Finance and Credit |
| Manual and procedures for appraising residential and rural property for the General Tax Administration (Direccion General de Ingresos). |
| Nicaragua |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of Nicaragua, Managua |
| (1) Study of organization, legislation, and procedures for property assessment with recommendations for improvement. (2) Development of a real property assessment system for tax purposes and preparation of a detailed manual of procedures for its application; provision of technical assistance in the organization and staffing of the assessment office, including training of local technicians. In joint venture with the Development Resources Corporation of New York, provision of advice to the Government of Nicaragua in the conduct of a natural resources inventory and in the use of data obtained for property taxation purposes. |
| Nicaragua |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock |
| Technical Assistance services to the Division of Animal Health, including manuals for the areas of Accounting and Finance, Organization and Offices, and Administrative Procedures. |
| Nicaragua |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Nicaragua, Managua |
| Land Taxation - Assistance to the Government of Nicaragua in the development and improvement of the tax aspects of agricultural planning.New Sector Planning - 12-man technical assistance team for the Division of Agricultural Planning, Ministry of Agriculture.Evaluation of the food-production-distribution system.Study of the organization, legislation, and procedures for property assessment with recommendations for improvement.Development of a real property assessment system for tax purposes and preparation of a detailed manual of procedures for its application; and provision of technical assistance in the organization and staffing of the assessment office including training of local technicians. In joint venture with the Development and Resources Corporation of New York, provision of advic |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Gulf Petroleum, San Juan |
| Forecast study for the demand of gasoline (sixteen year study). |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Economic Development Administration, (Fomento) San Juan |
| Feasibility study for establishing a baby food manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico. |
| Panama |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Panamanian Institute of Tourism |
| The potential of the tourism industry. |
| Liberia |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Development and Resources Corporation, New York |
| Economic consulting services to the Development and Resources Corporation in connection with a study to identify and evaluate the principal development assets and resources of the South-eastern region of Liberia and the means for their development. |
| Liberia |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Development and Resources Corporation |
| Economic consulting services to the Development and Resources Corporation in connection with a study to identify and evaluate the principal development assets and resources of the southeastern region of Liberia and the means for their development. |
| Liberia |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Development and Resources Corporation, New York |
| Economic consulting services to the Development and Resources Corporation in connection with a study to identify and evaluate the principal development assets and resources of the Southeastern region of Liberia and the means for their development. |
| Jordan |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| University of Jordan, Jordan Institute of Management |
| Technical assistance to design a project to improve management training and non-degree programs. Computer needs were analyzed too. |
| Jordan |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Health |
| Quality Assurance. the firm, Inc. carried out three short assignments to support advisory, technical assistance, and training activities related to QA in the health sector. |
| Jordan |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| USAID/Jordan |
| Assessment of the training needs of the public sector in Jordan to improve public sector effectiveness and a broad perspective analysis of problems limiting the effectiveness and efficiency of the public sector with recommendations for solutions including a list of specific projects that USAID/Jordan could support. |
| Jordan |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| University of Jordan |
| Technical assistance to the University of Jordan (U of J) and the Jordanian Institute of Management (JIM) in the construction of a faculty personnel development program including recommendations for facilities, personnel and materials required to develop a complete specialized business library, training aids for current and future programs, improvement in curricula and review of existing computer facilities of the faculty of economics and recommend what system (hardware, software, and staff requirements) would best interface with the greater university facilities. |
| Jamaica |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of Jamaica, Kingston |
| Directed a team of international experts to identify employment generating projects for the Government of Jamaica and international finance agencies. |
| Jamaica |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Government of Jamaica, Kingston |
| Directed a team of international experts to identify employment generating projects for the Government of Jamaica and international finance agencies. |
| Jamaica |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| USAID/Jamaica |
| Advisory services to the Jamaica Customs Department to reform customs policies, regulations, and procedures; a long- term adviser and short-term advisers provide technical assistance in simplification of procedures including a draft customs procedures manual, integrity enhancement measures, and short in-country training courses for customs officials. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Centro Medico de Puerto Rico, San Juan |
| Development of classification and salary plans covering all employees in the Center. |
| Peru |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of Peru |
| Design of improved revenue accounting procedures and practices. |
| Nicaragua |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Finance, Managua |
| Assistance to the National Budget Office in the design and installation of a program budget system. |
| Jamaica |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Jamaica, Kingston |
| Directed a team of international experts to identify employment generating projects for the Government of Jamaica and international finance agencies. |
| Iran and New York |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Development and Resources Corp., Ahwaz, Iran; and New York City |
| Development of recommendations on central office back- stopping of field operations, including a policy instructions system. |
| Iran and New York |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Development and Resources Corporation Ahwaz, Iran; and New York City |
| (1) Advisory assistance in connection with the transfer to a newly created Iranian agency of large scale irrigation, power and sugar production and processing systems. (2) Recommendations on central office backstopping of field operations including policy instruction systems. |
| Honduras |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| National Economic Council, Tegucigalpa |
| (1) Study of organization and procedures for central governmental planning, including special reference to budget-planning relationships. (2) Assistance to the National Economic Council in presentation of the Five-Year National Development Plan. (3) For the Secretariat of the National Economic Council, review of the process of economic and social planning of the country |
| Honduras |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| (1) Preparation and conduct of a training program in planning and implementation of infrastructure projects at the municipal level. (2) A reconnaissance of national planning needs, followed by specialized assistance. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Strengthening of Democratic Institutions Program, National Elections Tribunal, National Registry of Persons, National Legislature, Judicial Branch |
| As part of a four year technical assistance project, the firm conducted an assessment in each institution, the automation needs, equipment, software and staff, prepared specifications for the equipment and software, procured and supervised the installation and fine tuning of the equipment, procured and adapted/or designed the software needed, and trained the staff in the use of the equipment and programs. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| National Water and Sewer System (Servicio Autonomo Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados - SANAA) |
| Test of the organization and administration |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| National Cadaster Program |
| Technical assistance in the design and installation of a complete property tax system at the national level with features similar to those in San Pedro Sula, including a computerized system for the updating of the individual accounts and for billing. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Municipality of San Pedro Sula |
| Preparation of valuation manuals for assessing land and improvements; development of land value and tax maps; training of municipal finance staff in the use of new systems; supervision of the revaluation of all property for tax purposes; and development of basic property and tax records required for the system and related EDP applications. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Industria Lechera, San Juan |
| Conducted economic studies of the milk industry. |
| Nicaragua |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| DIPSA |
| (1) Survey of the basic elements of the Sectoral Planning Division. (2) Evaluation of framework and sample by area, based on photography. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Health |
| Processing and analysis of data collected through a national health survey covering family planning, immunizations, diarreal control and breast-feeding conducted by the Honduran Ministry of Health. Work included development of routines to clean the data; perform data entry/verification; make corrections and maintain a log of corrections; create file structures; analyze data, and provide training covering data organization and analysis techniques, and the use of statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Health |
| Global diagnostic study of the Ministry of Health`s systems for the procurement of medicines and hospital supplies. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Finance and Public Credit |
| Feasibility analysis for potential improvement projects in the areas of Credit and financial procedures in the Government of Honduras. This study included the identification, analysis and implementation of recommendations for immediate actions which would improve the fiscal situation and diagnosis of problem areas and the preparation of a long-term assistance plan for the solution of these problems. The problem areas identified were: Revenue Administration, Treasury Management, Government Accounting, Public Employees, Insurance and Bonding, Procurement, National Property, Transportation, Customs Administration, Human Resources, and Computer Utilization. A computerized financial information system was designed with an integrated database to supply information to the Ministry, Treasury, and |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Finance |
| Technical assistance to the Ministry of Finance to identify adjustments needed in their administrative and functional structure that will permit the Ministry to carry out its responsibilities as the entity charged with the design and implementation of the fiscal policy of the government. The assistance included a macro and micro analysis of the internal organization of the Ministry and a redefinition of the relationships between the MOF and other central government institutions and international financial institutions that participate in the design, approval and implementation of Honduran Fiscal Policy |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Finance |
| Design and assistance in the implementation of an integrated government accounting information system. As part of a comprehensive development administration program, the firm developed for the GOH under the sponsorship of USAID/Honduras, covering Budget, Accounting, Public Credit, Treasury, Procurement, Franchises, Public Employee Bonding and Records Administration, the firm developed a single source database to integrate the different processes to facilitate the control of resources and expenditures and permit reconciliation of accounts and processing of financial reports |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Economy and Finance, Tegucigalpa |
| Technical assistance to the Ministry of Economy and Finance in (a) the redesign of the national accounting system and the development and installation of advanced computer systems, training of local staff in related programming and supervision of initial results, and (b) in the coordination and control of revenue producing units; analysis of revenue and development of an improved revenue estimating system. |
| Peru |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Finance |
| Manual for accounting for income and payments at the Central Level of the Superintendent`s Office. |
| Panama |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| USAID |
| The Infrastructure Needs of Light-Manufacturing Industries in the Metropolitan Region of Panama. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Honduras Financial Bank (Banco Financiera Hondurena, S.A.), San Pedro Sula |
| Conducted a feasibility study on the establishment of a computer service center, which included recommendations for equipment configurations and forecasts of income and expense for short-and intermediate- range periods; conducted a seminar on data processing for selected executives in San Pedro Sula |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Honduran Telecommunications Enterprise (Empresa Hondrena de Telecomunicaciones) |
| Corporate manuals: of the organization and its offices; of accounting procedures; and of the budget. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| Technical assistance in finance, economic management. Services included the assistance and advice on the national accounting system, decentralized payment procedures, methods of formulating revenue estimates, a variety of MIS applications and, in general, assessing other government organizational problems. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Agrarian Reform Institute (INA) and Cadaster Executive Directorate (DEC) |
| Technical assistance in the establishment of a modern computer center at DEC to process and prepare all necessary records and maps for the Small Farmers Land Titling project of the Agrarian Reform Program. Assistance included the analysis of needs for hardware as well as software required for the project, drafting of specifications, advice in the selection of the vendors, planning and drafting of the floor plan for the Center, testing of the equipment, communications between INA and DEC and daily operations. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| National Water and Sewer System (Servicio Autonomo Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados - SANAA), Tegucigalpa |
| Management audit of key processes in the national water sewerage system, including general and cost accounting, budgeting, reporting and customer billing. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| National Development Bank (Banco Nacional de Fomento) and the Inter-American Development Bank, Tegucigalpa |
| (1) For the central offices commercial and, industrial enterprises it manages--survey of procedures, programs, and organization for personnel management; installation of position classification and salary plans. (2) Installation of a records management program. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Natural Resources |
| Diagnostic analysis of the Ministry`s Research and Extension activities to strengthen present regional organization; create an Autonomous institution for research and extension services or reinstate the desarural concept. The first phase of this work was to prepare a document with the corresponding recommendations to be discussed with the Presidential Task Force Committee and with the President of the Republic so that the basic policy decision could be taken. The second stage of the project included the development of legislation authorizing the creation of the autonomous institution for research and extension; definition of a project to support implementation of the institute to be created; the preparation of a work plan for a smooth transition from current GOH research and extension pro |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| University of Puerto Rico |
| Classification of positions and preparation of a pay plan for non-teaching positions. |
| Panama |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Ministry of Planning and Economy, Panama City |
| Adviced the Ministry of Planning and Economy on the Economic and Social Development Plan of Panama. |
| Nicaragua |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) |
| Manual of the organizational structure and its offices. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Finance and Public Credit |
| As part of a large development administration project the firm conducted in Honduras, a number of the principal units of the Ministry of Finance were reorganized to make them capable of performing their new functions and to carry on the new systems. Treasury was restructured to permit the computerization of payments and the bank reconciliations. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Education, Tegucigalpa |
| Survey of the organization and administration of the Ministry of Education and detailed assistance in the installation of improvements. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Economy and Finance, Tegucigalpa |
| Assistance in the establishment of a government-wide administrative analysis unit in the Ministry; training of local staff and the provision of technical supervision and guidance during initial operation of the unit. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Communications - Public Works and Transportation |
| Manual of norms for data systemization, for the Electronic Computer Center Division of the General Directorate of Telecommunications |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Honduras Financial Bank (Banco Financiera Hondurena, S.A.) |
| Study of the feasibility of establishing a computer service San Pedro Sulacenter including recommendations for equipment configurations and forecasts of income and expense for short and intermediate range periods; conducted a seminar on data processing for selected executives in San Pedro Sula. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| Strengthening of Democratic Institutions, technical assistance to three key Honduran democratic institutions: the Judicial System, the National Congress and the National Elections Tribunal/National Registry of Persons in the areas of organization and management, budgeting/planning, accounting, personnel administration, records administration, computerized information system and procurement. During the first year of contract the emphasis was to assist the TNE to prepare for the conduct of the National Election of 1989. Assessment of the organization and administrative functioning of the Judicial System and National Congress, including an evaluation of computer equipment needs, was also conducted during the first year. Emphasis was on the design and implementation of recommendations accepte |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| (1) Study of organization for and coordination of agricultural programs. (2) Installation of improved agricultural organization and development of a performance type budgetary system. (3) Study of migrant control procedures; design and installation of related computer systems and programs. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| General Procurement Office of the Republic, Tegucigalpa |
| Study of the structural and functional organization of the General Procurement Office, including the study of the existing law and the recommendation of a new General Procurement Law of the Republic. It also included the study and development of improved internal regulations and procedures. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Government of Honduras |
| Study conducted in the office of the General Controller of the Republic of Honduras. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Central American Bank of Economic Integration (CABEI) |
| Study of the organization and its administrative processes. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| General Directorate of Direct Taxation |
| Recommendations to introduce a document administration system. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| General Budget Directorate, Tegucigalpa |
| Study to create a Central Government Transportation Office including: diagnostic study of the transportation problem; preparation of a bill and regulation to create the office; design of the organizational structure and functions of each unit; design of administrative procedures and forms; preparation of the financial budget; determination of staffing and equipment requirements; determination of office space needs; and training of the candidate to direct the office. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Executive Cadaster Directorate (DEC), Tegucigalpa |
| Administrative audit of the DEC with the objective of identifying its problems, defects and irregularities, and propose recommendations addressed to solutions. It included the inspection of its organic and functional structure, policies, plans and procedures, its controls, methods of operations, administrative practices, and the use of its human and physical resources. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Tegucigalpa |
| (1) Installation of a records management program. (2) Survey of organization and operating procedures. |
| Honduras |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Judicial Power |
| Implementation of the Judicial Career Law. Reorganization of the Personnel Administration Department, development and installation of classification and salary plans, drafting of the Personnel Manual, design of recruitment, selection and placement system and procedures, preparation of a human resources inventory for promotion and training purposes, design of a work load analysis system and employee evaluation system. |
| Honduras |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| Assistance in the improvement of personnel management, and drafting of a new personnel statute.Conduct of a special top level training and orientation program for the National Civil Service Director and members of a Presidential Committee. Development and installation of government-wide position classification and salary plans, followed by supplemental technical assistance during initial period of operations and in further training of local staff. Development of an employee retirement system, including the preparation of actuarial tables and recommended policies and procedures. |
| Honduras |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Tegucigalpa |
| Comprehensive analysis of its personnel management system and recommendations for improvement; development and implementation of position classification and salary plans covering all employees of the Bank including those in the other member countries representation offices.Technical assistance to the Bank in the field of human resources, specifically to assist them in the design and implementation of new position classification and salary plans using the factor-point evaluation system; design and implementation of productivity and work load analysis systems and design of an employee evaluation system. (In this technical assistance, we used the behavioral approach methodology whereby the staff and employees play an active role in the design of the systems and in the decision process. |
| Peru |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| USAID |
| Recruitment of Technical Assistance Advisors for the Peru Disaster Reconstruction Program. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Government of Honduras |
| Organization and administration of planning functions. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| General Procurement Office of the Republic, Tegucigalpa |
| Study addressed to examine and analyze in depth the problems of centralization vs. the decentralization of the functions of the General Procurement Office, in the light of the prevailing conditions in the Republic of Honduras, including the presentation of recommendations. |
| Honduras |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| General Directorate of Direct Taxation |
| (1) Recommendations to introduce a document administration system. (2) Manual for use of the centralized document control system. |
| Honduras |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Centro Cooperativo Tecnico Industrial, Tegucigalpa |
| Seminars in employer-employee relations inTegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and other cities. |
| Honduras |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Health |
| As part of the design and installation of a program budgeting systems for the government of Honduras, the Ministry of Health requested that a performance budget system including cost accounting be designed and installed in the General Hospital to be used as a pilot system prior to universal application. Design and implementation of special purchasing practices and procedures for the Ministry of Health and consolidation of the purchasing authority under one organizational unit to serve all Ministry facilities including the semi-autonomous departmental hospitals. Preparation of the Purchasing and Procurement Manual |
| Honduras |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Asociacion Hondurena de Planificacion de la Familia |
| Technical assistance in developing and conducting training programs in Family Planning to Asociacion Hondurena de Planificacion de la Familia (ASHONPLAFA) and the Ministry of Health. The work included the development and conduct of a training program for promoters; developed a curriculum for the training of community leaders in promoting local level delivery systems for family planning; developed a curriculum for the in-service training of nurse auxiliaries in target group analysis, local level delivery systems, supervision and promotion linkages, as well as in some technical areas of family planning; and assessed the health management needs in family planning at the Social Security Institute, and developed plans as required. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| National Development Bank |
| Design and implementation of a property tax assessment system; training of related personnel on new techniques, methodology and procedures. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Finance and Public Credit |
| (1) Coordination and control of revenue producing units; analysis of revenue and development of an improved revenue estimating system. (2) Survey of the national budget system with recommendations; conduct of training methodology for program evaluation and the evaluation of selected programs for government decision-making as well as demonstration purposes. (3) Redesign of the national accounting system and the development and installation of advanced computer systems; training of local staff in related programming and supervision of initial results. (4) At the request of USAID/H, the firm sent a team of specialists to Honduras to conduct a diagnostic survey of the administrative and financial conditions in the Executive Branch of the GOH. As a result of the assessment, an Administrative I |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Rexach Construction Corporation, San Juan |
| Design and implementation of a records management system. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Hombres de Empresas pro ELA, San Juan |
| Survey of the effects of tax exemption on industrial development. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Banco de Ponce, Ponce |
| Development of an Economic Newsletter to be distributed by the Bank. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Finance |
| Technical assistance to the Ministry of Finance to identify adjustments needed in their administrative and functional structure that will permit the Ministry to carry out its responsibilities as the entity charged with the design and implementation of the fiscal policy of the government. The assistance included a macro and micro analysis of the internal organization of the Ministry and a redefinition of the relationships between the MOF and other central government institutions and international financial institutions that participate in the design, approval and implementation of Honduran Fiscal Policy. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Communications - Public Works and Transportation |
| Diagnostic study on the reorganization, expansion and modernization of the administrative aspects of the General Directorate of Telecommunications: accounting and finances. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Maternal and Child Hospital |
| Manual for the program budget system. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Autonomous Municipal Bank |
| Technical assistance for the implementation of a municipal tax reform. Consultancy to the Bank and various municipalities in various administrative areas including the development of procedures and manuals for the management of fiscal affairs such as: budgeting, accounting and purchasing systems.Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa Technical assistance in economics, finance, and management as requested; requests have included advice regarding government organizational problems, the national accounting system, decentralized payments procedures, methods of formulating revenue estimates, actuarial and retirement problems, organization and administration of a small pulp and paper plant, purchasing procedures for pharmaceutical and hospital supplies, and a variety of EDP applications. |
| Honduras |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Vocational and Technical Training Center |
| Assistance to the newly organized Centro Cooperativo Tecnico Industrial (CCTI) in setting up its first training program plan. the firm organized and conducted the first series of seminars to explain and ""sell"" the programs to small and medium scale entreprene |
| Honduras |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Ministry of Education, Tegucigalpa |
| Survey of the organization and administration of the Ministry of Education and detailed assistance in the installation of improvements. |
| Honduras |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Ministry of Education |
| A five year contract to assist the Ministry of Education improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the Honduran Primary education system. Under subcontract from the Institute for International Research, Inc., the firm was responsible for two of the five components of the project, Textbooks, Teachers Guide and Materials and Education Research. Technical assistance was given in the organization and staffing of a Textbooks Unit, training of its staff and guidance in the preparation of textbooks, and guidelines for teachers of the primary school (grades 1 to 6). In Education Research the firm designed, organized and conducted a series of training seminars for Supervisors, Curriculum Specialists and teachers in research design, conceptualization of research problems, sampling design, in |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Governor`s Committee on the Cement Industry, San Juan |
| Comprehensive study of the cement manufacturing industry in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Consumers Services Administration, San Juan |
| Study to determine comparative cost of several kinds of milk containers and bottling processes. |
| Nicaragua |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock |
| Personnel administration manual. |
| Honduras |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| USAID/Government of Honduras |
| Honduras Citizens` Dommittee on Civil Service. |
| Honduras |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Compania de Pulpa y Papel, S.A., Tegucigalpa |
| Study of wages in the Company and those in the same labor market, including recommendations. |
| Honduras |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Health |
| Assistance to the Ministry of Health in the computer processing and analysis of a major survey of health and family planning practices, had been conducted by others. the firm, Inc. was contracted to process the survey data in our facilities in Guatemala and to train two Honduran professionals in the use of SPSS. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| National Economic Council |
| Public Investment Program of Honduras 1963-64, Public Administration. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of Honduras |
| System for budget accounting, regristration, and related forms. |
| Honduras |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| National Economic Council |
| Assistance to the central planning agencies in formulation of the Five-Year National Development Plan, including multi-year educational sector plans. |
| Honduras |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| National Economic Council, Tegucigalpa |
| (1) Assistance to the National Economic Council in presentation of a Five-Year National Development Plan. (2) For the Secretariat of the National Economic Council, we reviewed the process of Honduran economic and social planning. |
| Honduras |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Caribbean Basin Norcem, Inc. |
| Cement Market Survey. |
| Honduras |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| National Agrarian Institute (INA, Executive Direction of Cadaster Project (DEC) |
| Technical Assistance to the USAID Small Farmer LandTitling. The purpose of the project was to establish a coordinated and functioning (DEC) system for the titling of government owned rural lands in Honduras. The delineation and mapping of rural properties in seven Departments was the backbone of the large titling effort, which consisted of the identification of areas by their legal status, the delineation of properties to be titled, production of cadaster maps, individual property plots and occupant related data. Delineation field work was done on orthophotos, using aerial photography. These delineated orthophotographs were digitized and orthophotomaps and individual plots were produced by computer aided means, their areas calculated and occupant related data were provided to INA for furt |
| Honduras |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Municipality of San Pedro Sula |
| (1) Study of the feasibility of municipal Property Tax. (2) Preparation of valuation manuals for assessing land and Improvements; development of land values and tax maps; training of municipal finance staff in the use of new systems; supervision of the revaluation of all property for tax purposes; development of basic property records for tax purposes; and development of basic property and tax records required for the system and related EDP applications. |
| Honduras |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Ministry of Finance and Public Credit |
| Coordination and control of revenue producing units; analysis of revenue and development of an improved revenue estimating system. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Office of the Governor, St. Thomas |
| Study of the organization and administration of housing functions. |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Trinidad Industrial Development,Corporation |
| Reconnaissance study of program and administration, including recommendations. |
| Nicaragua |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Finance and Credit |
| Study of organizational restructuring process; organizational manual. |
| Nicaragua |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of Nicaragua |
| Reconnaissance survey of the budget system of the Central Bank. |
| Honduras |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Ministry of Finance |
| Technical assistance to the Ministry of Finance to identify adjustments needed in their administrative and functional structure that will permit the Ministry to carry out its responsibilities as the entity charged with the design and implementation of the fiscal policy of the government. The assistance included a macro and micro analysis of the internal organization of the Ministry and a redefinition of the relationships between the MOF and other central government institutions and international financial institutions that participate in the design, approval and implementation of Honduran Fiscal Policy. |
| Honduras |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Ministry of Economy and Finance, Tegucigalpa |
| (1) Development and installation of improved direct tax administration and basic procedures. (2) Training programs for operating, supervisory, and executive staff in selected aspects of direct tax administration. Technical assistance to the Ministry of Economy and Finance in (a) the redesign of the national accounting system and the development and installation of advanced computer systems, training of local staff in related programming and supervision of initial results, and (b) in the coordination and control of revenue producing units; analysis of revenue and development of an improved revenue estimating system. |
| Honduras |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Ministry of Communications - Public Works and Transportation |
| Diagnostic study on tariff systems, for the General Directorate of Telecommunications. |
| Honduras |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| Assistance in the development of cadastral maps and identification of taxable properties in the Distrito Central. |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| National Development Bank (Banco Nacional de Fomento) and the Inter-American Development Bank, Tegucigalpa |
| (1) For the central offices and the commercial and industrial enterprises it manages -- survey of procedures, programs, and organization for personnel management; installation of position classification and salary plans. (2) Installation of a records management program. |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Livestock Fund of Honduras (Fondo Ganadero de Honduras) |
| Technical assistance to the newly created ""Fondo Ganadero de Honduras"" in livestock technical services, veterinary, nutrition, genetics, extension and management information sys |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| Preparation of a simplified manual for the guidance of small Honduran municipalities in determining real property values for tax purposes. |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| PL 480 Title II Feeding Programs - Assistance in the evaluation of the impact of PL 480 Title II feeding programs in Honduras and the development of baseline information for follow-up periodic evaluations. |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| For the Secretariat of the National Economic Council, review of the process of economic and social planning in the country. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Atlantic Concrete Products, Co., Inc. |
| Study of the future growth of the Southern Region of San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| United Nations, New York City |
| Appraisal of the need for financial assistance in developing selected river basins in Puerto Rico. |
| Panama |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Representaciones Consolidades, S.A. |
| Panamanian Government Policies in the Use of Incentives for the Promotion of Investments. |
| Nicaragua |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock |
| Manual for accounting and finances. Rules for the acquisition, use and control of motor vehicles. |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| Evaluation of the Ministry of Natural Resources Research and Extension activities and recommendations to create a separate semi-autonomous organization for agricultural Research and Extension. Preparation of a bill to create the organization (INTAGRO), its initial structure, budget, and staffing. |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| Assistance to the Land Reform Institute (INA) and the ""Direccion Ejecutiva del Catastro"" in the delineation of rural properties, production of maps and individual plots of government land occupied by farmers, for their Small Farmers Land Titling Prog |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Compania de Pulpa y Papel, S.A., Tegucigalpa |
| Study of wages in the Compania and those in the same labor market, including recommendations. |
| Haiti |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Autonomous Metropolitan Center for Potable Water (Centrale Autonome Metropolitaine) |
| Organization and administrative study of CAMEP with d`Eau Potable (CAMEP), Port-au-Princespecial reference to the accounting system and training of client staff in new procedures to be installed. |
| Haiti |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Finance |
| Technical assistance for the investigation and recommendations concerning the most effective means (technical assistance, training, etc.) for improving the management control of sales excise, property and income tax systems within the tax collection (Revenue) Service and the Ministry of Finance. |
| Haiti |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Metropolitan Autonomous Center for Potable Water (Centrale Autonome Metropolitaine d`Eau Potable) (CAMEP) |
| Organization and administrative study CAMEP with, Port-au-Prince special reference of to the accounting system and training of client staff in new procedures to be installed. |
| Guatemala |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Ministry of Economy, Guatemala City |
| Assistance to the Ministry of Economy and the National Economic Planning Council in the organization and operation of the national investment promotion program. |
| Guatemala |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Health |
| The Guatemala Child Survival Project (1992-1996). This project included development of financial and administrative systems and health management information systems (MIS) with automated applications at the Central level of the Ministry of Public Health and in twenty-seven decentralized Health Area offices. Appropriate hardware and software were purchased, installed, programmed, tested, and operated with ministry personnel. Applications include accounting and financial management, procurement, control of transportation, Health Information Science, use of epidemiological information for local programming, and monitoring/evaluation, among other applications. |
| Guatemala |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| ROCAP/AID, Guatemala |
| Analyzed the existing personnel system of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Education Center in Turrialba, Costa Rica, and made practical recommendations to assure that the system allowed the Center to attract, retain and motivate its professional staff. |
| Honduras |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Banafom |
| Manual of position class specifications |
| Guatemala |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| City of Guatemala |
| Development of position classification and pay plans for the city government. |
| Guatemala |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| USAID/Guatemala |
| The Guatemala Child Survival Project (PAI-TRO, 1992-1996) supported the Ministry of Public Health programs for Immunizations and for Oral Rehydration Therapy, and strengthening financial and administrative and information systems for the twenty-seven decentralized Health Areas. The project assistance included management of project funds, procurement of goods and services to support immunization and ARI and ORT programs, and MIS. Twenty-nine long term technical assistance advisors for finance and administration, three for MIS, and short term advisors. |
| Guatemala |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| USAID/Guatemala |
| The Guatemala Child Survival Project (1992-1996). The assistance provided included management of $1.5 million for the project and for procurement locally and internationally. Technical assistance included strengthening financial and administrative systems at the Central Level and in twenty-seven decentralized Health Areas (29 long term advisors in these fields plus short term advisors). Work included local programming, budgeting, procurement, financial management and control, accounting, transportation, supervision and monitoring, etc. |
| Guatemala |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Ministry of Education |
| Technical assistance to improve the quality of Education in Guatemala through many components: textbook development for primary schools; institutional strengthening of the unit (CENALTEX) responsible for the textbook program; development of the methodology to evaluate the impact of the new textbooks; a national survey of the teaching of industrial arts, home economics and agriculture in the fifth and six grades; linguistic planning and dialect analysis to facilitate effective teaching and textbooks for students who enter school without a mastery of Spanish; a management information system (MIS) for the Ministry including the development of the computer center and the basic systems for education indicators, finance, administration, etc, and; a methodology for evaluation of the project |
| Guatemala |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Ministry of Economy, Guatemala City |
| Assistance to the Ministry of Economy and the National Economic Planning Council in the organization and operation of the national investment promotion program. |
| Guatemala |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Ministry of Economy, Guatemala City |
| Assistance to the Ministry of Economy and the National Economic Planning Council in the organization and operation of the national investment promotion program. |
| Guatemala |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Guatemala Central Marketing |
| Assistance to CECOMERCA in the organization of their Cooperative Association marketing operation to help the small farmers improve productions and quality of produces, provide reliable outlets for their products and ensure fair prices. Assistance was given in the selection of sites for collections and regional centers, design of facilities, purchasing and cash payment procedures, information system and accounting and financial procedures. |
| Ghana |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Ghana Agricultural Development Bank |
| Assistance to the Government of Ghana to strengthen the Agricultural Development Bank`s small farm credit program. The assistance included the organization and operation of a training school for Bank and other government institutions, employers, the development of curricula and teaching material and the preparation of a comprehensive evaluation system to measure results of the system. |
| Honduras |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Ministry of Finance and Public Credit |
| Evaluation of the System of Public Credit. |
| Guatemala |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| USAID |
| Salary Survey conducted for the United States AID Mission in Guatemala. |
| Guatemala |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Government of Guatemala |
| Assistance in strengthening of National Personnel Administration. |
| Ghana |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Ghana Agricultural Development Accra, Ghana |
| Assistance to the Government of Ghana by collaborating with the staff of the Agricultural Development Bank to streamline and expand the ADB`s small farm credit operations so that larger numbers of small farmers would have regular and timely access to small loans and annual production credits. |
| Ethiopia |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Ministry of Agriculture, Addis Ababa and Debre Zeit |
| Provision of management and technical services to the Ministry of Agriculture in establishing and operating a regional agricultural development organization; formulation of policies, programs and procedures and responsibility for the direction for a five-year period of the organization consisting of the following divisions: general management; agricultural engineering; crops and soils; extension and credit; supply and marketing; and accounting and finance. |
| Ethiopia |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Agriculture |
| Technical assistance to the Agricultural Development Unit in the preparation of an accounting manual and the strategies for the Supply and Marketing Department. |
| Ethiopia |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Ministry of Agriculture, Addis Ababa and Debre Zeit |
| Management and technical services to the Ministry of Agriculture in establishing and operating a regional agricultural development organization; formulation of policies, programs and procedures, and responsibility for the direction for a five-year period of the organization consisting of the following divisions: general management; agricultural engineering; crops and soils; extension and credit; supply and marketing; and accounting and finance. |
| El salvador |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Health |
| Technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to improve the access and availability of basic health care services to under-served segments of the population as well as populations that were receiving no care. The assistance included the design and installation of a computerized management information system (MIS) to integrate all administrative, fiscal, and operational activities into a unique database capable of producing all management reports as well as statistical health information. |
| El salvador |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Association for the Promotion of Coffee |
| As part of the technical assistance that the firm provided PROCAFE, the firm conducted an assessment of the Association`s automation needs, equipment, and software and prepared specifications and RFQ for the equipment and software; processed and supervised the installation and fine tuned the equipment and software. The firm also procured 90 vehicles (utility vehicles, jeeps, and pick up trucks) for the project. Under subcontract with the primary contractor, IRI Research Institute, the firm assisted PROCAFE, a private sector foundation which was established for the sole purpose of carrying out a program of privately managed coffee research and technology transfer, in building an effective research and technology transfer organization, developing management systems, recruiting and trai |
| El salvador |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Education, San Salvador |
| Study of the organization and administration of the Ministry of Education and the classification of key positions and assistance in the installation of reorganization plans developed. |
| Nicaragua |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Finance, Managua |
| Organization study of the Ministry with recommendations for improvement; preparation of an organization manual. |
| Nicaragua |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) |
| Manual for accounting procedures. |
| Liberia |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| National Housing Authority |
| Advising the National Housing Authority regarding the Low-Income Housing Project. |
| El salvador |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Central Bank of El Salvador, (Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador), San Salvador |
| Comprehensive program of administrative improvements covering organization, selected procedures, and records management; development and installation of position classification and salary plans and other phases of a comprehensive personnel program. |
| El salvador |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| USAID/El Salvador |
| The Social Sector Reform Project designed an integrated program of major initiatives in health and education in El Salvador. C&M responsibilities dealt with health and administration improvements. |
| El salvador |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ministry of Public Health |
| The APSISA Project (Proyecto Apoyo a los Sistemas de Salud) was a five year, $50 million project sponsored by USAID to support the Ministry of Health of El Salvador in provision of primary health care for the poor rural and urban-marginal populations. The APSISA project had a major component for management and institutional development including assistance from the C&M team to strengthen planning, local programming, operations research, supervision and evaluation of interventions, development of a MIS, and formulation and implementation of a broad program of training. |
| El salvador |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| APSISA ?B? Contract (1987-1991.) |
| In 1991 a new three year contract was awarded to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in the following areas: Logistics Support - long term advisors in procurement, warehousing and health monitors (three) plus short term advisors for clinical pharmacology, biomedical equipment maintenance, transportation, and water/sanitation engineering. Improvement of Basic Health Services Delivery - long term advisors for community health and malaria control plus short term advisors for training. Strengthening Policy and Program Planning and Management - long term advisors for health planning, management information systems, and research/evaluation plus short term advisors in health care financing, health sector economics, and public administration. At the request of the MOH the contr |
| El salvador |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Regional Office for Central America and Panama Affairs, San Salvador |
| As part of a regional training program held in San Salvador, seminars in accounting for performance budgeting. |
| El salvador |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Ministry of Education |
| Study of the organization and administrative practices of the Ministry with emphasis on the implementation of new educational techniques that included the use of the television for the teaching of basic courses in the classroom; the classification of key positions; and assistance in the installation of reorganization plans in the Ministry. |
| El salvador |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Ministry of Finance, San Salvador |
| (1) Study of organization, legislation, and procedures related to property assessment. (2) Development of a property assessment system, including procedures manual for selected areas of the country and plans for the organization of national assessment offices. (3) Training of Salvadoran technicians and the installation of new appraisal systems covering both urban and rural areas. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| City of San Juan |
| Preparation of classification and salary recommendations for all medical positions. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| USAID |
| Study and recommendations for improvement of the Honduras Customs Administration. |
| Honduras |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Government of Honduras |
| Budget proposal for the General Civil Service Directorate |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Ministry of Natural Resources |
| Evaluation of the Agricultural-Livestock Mechanization Program. |
| El salvador |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| USAID/El Salvador |
| Evaluation of the El Salvador Agrarian Reform Sector Support Project. This evaluation assessed both in descriptive and prescriptive terms AID`s and GOES`s collaborative efforts toward achieving the purpose of the project and to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of agrarian reform. This was done by accelerating the land transfer process, improving the ability of the GOES to provide resources and services to reform beneficiaries, while increasing the managerial capacity of agrarian reform cooperatives, and expanding private sector investment in enterprises directly related to agrarian reform. |
| El salvador |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Salvadoran non-governmental Coffee Promotion Agency (PROCAFE) |
| Under subcontract with the primary contractor, IRI Research Institute, the firm assisted PROCAFE, (a private sector foundation which was established for the sole purpose of carrying out a program of privately managed coffee research and technology transfer), in building an effective research and technology transfer organization. This project primarily dealt with developing management systems, recruiting and training staff, procuring commodities, delivering modern research and extension services to producers, developing a credit system and facilities for small and medium coffee producers, and assisting the coffee industry and institutions to successfully compete in the world market.As part of the technical assistance that the firm provided PROCAFE, it conducted an assessment of their |
| El salvador |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of El Salvador, San Salvador |
| Study of organization, legislation and procedures related to property assessment.Development of a reporting and control system based on an existing performance budgeting system.Development of a property assessment system, including procedural manuals for selected areas of the country and plans for the organization of national assessment offices.Training of Salvadoran technicians and the installation of new appraisal systems covering both urban and rural areas. |
| Ecuador |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Public Works, Quito |
| Study of the organization of the Ministry and the design of an improved accounting and budgeting system with particular reference to the construction and maintenance of the national road system. |
| Ecuador |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ecuador Health Sector |
| Study of the organization and administration of the ""Direccion General de Sanidad"" and of the numerous autonomous and semi-autonomous entities (Patronatos) handling the health and welfare activities in the provinces and municipalities, such as Public Health Centers, Clinics and Hospitals. The conclusion of the study was that the DGS was operating as one more provincial unit (Guayaquil) and that there was no coordination and direction between the DGS and the entities, budget was fragmented and services were very poor or totally absent in many areas. The team recommended the consolidation of all health and welfare functions into a new Ministry of Health, the elimination of most of the entities and the delivery of most of the services through the Ministry of Health. A draft of the recommen |
| Honduras |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa |
| Assistance to the Government of Honduras in drafting a new Property Tax Law. |
| Guatemala |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Caribbean Basin Norcem, Inc. |
| Cement Market Survey |
| El salvador |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Government of El Salvador |
| System for the control and evaluation of the budget for the programs in the Education branch. |
| Egypt |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Development and New Communities |
| Study of the organization, management and financing of representative secondary cities and development of a program for their upgrading. |
| Ecuador |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Government of Ecuador, Quito |
| Evaluation of the organization and management of the semi-autonomous and autonomous agencies in the agricultural, health and welfare sectors; development of recommendations for improved organization and management systems. |
| Ecuador |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| National Institute of the Family-INNFA |
| the firm conducted an impact evaluation of the National Family Planning programs in Ecuador for the National Institute of the Family. |
| Ecuador |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| National Cancer Society of Ecuador ? SOLCA, Quito |
| the firm is involved in the organizational reengineering and strategic planning program for the National Cancer Society of Ecuador. |
| Ecuador |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Ecuador Apolo Project |
| In Ecuador, the firm, Inc. provides on-going technical assistance to the USAID-funded Child Survival and Health Project, primarily through the NGO strengthening component implemented by CARE/Ecuador. the firm support to this project has included:Strategic planning. Implementation of technical assistance in management and finance. Design and implementation of a cost-plus pricing system to strengthen the financial stability of major non-governmental service providers. Design of local service delivery networks and a local franchising network. Design and implementation of a membership plan to expand coverage and organize demand for basic services. Support for the design and development of information systems and a monitoring and evaluation system. |
| Ecuador |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| USAID |
| Coffee Credit analysis for the Private Sector Coffee Renovation Project. The technical assistance included the determination of the ability of the National Development Bank (BNF) to provide credit resources for on-lending to FENACAFE; the examination of the FENACAFE capacity to borrow from AID loan funds; and the development of a producer credit package and delivery system. |
| Ecuador |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Public Works, Quito |
| Study of the organization of the Ministry and the design of an improved accounting and budgeting system with particular reference to the construction and maintenance of the national road system. |
| Ecuador |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Ministry of the Treasury, Quito and Guayaquil |
| (1) Development of improved organization and procedures in customs administration; training of customs personnel. (2) Assistance in the installation of new customs procedures. |
| Ecuador |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| USAID/Ecuador |
| Analysis of the credit resources available to the coffee growers and development of a credit package for small scale coffee growers to be used in conjunction with technical assistance provided by USAID and credit from existing underused sources. |
| Ecuador |
| Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Government of Ecuador, Quito |
| Evaluation of the organization and management of the semi-autonomous and autonomous agencies with special attention to those in the agricultural, health and welfare sectors. |
| Panama |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of Panama |
| Revision of the Importation Fee System. |
| Nicaragua |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock |
| Technical Assistance services, including manual for Accounting and Finances. |
| Honduras |
| Customs, Taxation and Revenue Administration |
| Government of Honduras |
| Analyses of the government`s methods of projecting revenues. |
| Guatemala |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Banco de Guatemala |
| Study of the organization of personnel administration programs. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Strategic Planning and Logistics |
| Government of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo |
| (1) Economic advice on planning and industrial policy in the Dominican Republic. (2) Long-term technical assistance for guiding the Corporacion de Fomento Industrial in organizing its Economic Research Department; developing procedures and training personnel in connection with the promotion program of the Corporation. (3) Technical assistance to the Office of National Planning (ONAPLAN) on the economic analysis of labor force data and employment policies. (4) Diagnostic study of supply and demand for vocational and technical education for national planning purposes. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Secretariat of State for Education, Fine Arts and Culture |
| Diagnostic evaluation of technical-vocational education in the Dominican Republic. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Ministry of Health |
| Technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to establish a sound capability for financial management, management information systems, and human resources administration. Other primary goals were to foster efficiency to improve and make more effective the organization and delivery of health services through the institutionalization of management systems. The management information system (MIS) was designed utilizing a state-of-the-art network of micro-computers |
| Dominican Republic |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Government of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo |
| (1) Advice and assistance in the formulation of national budgets. (2) Design of modern budgetary and general accounting systems; and the application of electronic computers to these systems; advice and assistance in establishment and installation of pre and post-auditing systems, including the drafting of necessary legislation |
| Dominican Republic |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA), Santo Domingo |
| As part of the technical assistance program to the Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA) of the State Sugar Council (CEA), the firm made an evaluation study of the hardware available in the organization, and made recommendations to establish a short-run strategy for the acquisition of the required equipment to strengthen DACEA`s computerized accounting software system. The system was adapted and installed as part of the program. This computerized system integrated accounting and budget control, as well as the cost accounting system. The Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable modules were integrated as subsidiaries to the General Ledger and the DACEA personnel were trained in their use. A computerized system was also installed to monitor project status, and computer producti |
| Dominican Republic |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Office of the President, Santo Domingo |
| (1) Reconnaissance study of the management of the Executive Branch for the incoming President. (2) Overall organization and administrative survey covering all executive departments and agencies as well as autonomous institutions. (3) Review of reorganization progress and results and preparation of supplemental plans. |
| Guatemala |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Government of Guatemala, Guatemala City |
| Installation of comprehensive records management systems in the Treasury and Economics Ministries. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Secretariat of State of Agriculture |
| Study of the administrative department of the Secretariat |
| Dominican Republic |
| Organizational Development and Management Systems |
| Central Government |
| Study of the funding structures in the Central Government`s accounting system |
| Dominican Republic |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Natural Resources |
| Technical assistance in the preparation of a management implementation plan for the integration of the watershed conservation management program (NARMA) into the SubSecretariat of State for Natural Resources (SURENA). This included determining legal and institutional constraints; designing a new organization; defining functions; activities and work priorities; determining assistance needed to initiate short, medium and long term planning, and identifying managerial and planning training needs. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Ministry of Health |
| As part of the technical assistance provided to the USAID Dominican Republic Health Project, consultancy was offered, among other fields, in the human resources administration field and in the structural and functional reorganization of the Ministry of Health. An analysis and recommendations were provided for the reorganization of the General Finance Directorate and the Office of Internal Audits. The human resources area covered an inventory of all direct hire personnel by region, facility, and level of service; procedure manuals for central and regional administrative offices on the most common personnel functions; projected personnel costs by facilities; work performance standards and guidelines for personnel supervision. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Mining and Hydrocarbon Development Agency |
| Administrative surveys and development of procedures to strengthen the institutional and administrative structure of the General Directorate of Mining. A Division was organized within the Directorate for the planning, programming, negotiation and execution of hydrocarbon projects. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Government of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo |
| Technical assistance in implementation of organizational and administrative improvements; development of a national Organization and Methods (O&M) capability. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA) |
| As part of a technical assistance program to the Directorate for Agroindustrial Operations (DACEA) of the State Sugar Council (CEA), the firm conducted a management assessment of their organizational structure and their administrative and financial/accounting systems and procedures. A new organization structure and revised administrative and financial/accounting systems and procedures were recommended to expedite achievement of the objectives of the sugar diversification program. Manuals were prepared and training seminars were conducted to explain the staff of DACEA and CEA the new organization and systems and the reasons for the changes. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Secretariat of State for Education, Fine Arts and Culture |
| (1) Training system. (2) Manual of specifications for classes of employees. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Ministry of Health |
| As part of a management improvement program for the Secretariat, design, develop and implement improved personnel administration practices including recruitment and selection policies, and practices, position classification and salary plans, and training of staff. |
| United States |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Economic planning assistance. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Empresas Ferre, Ponce |
| Advice on human resource matters and assistance in the recruitment of professional employees. Survey and recommendations regarding recruitment and selection programs.Installation of a job evaluation and pay plan for all non-union employees and the executives in ten companies in Puerto Rico, and of administrative and technical positions subject to union contracts.Installation of system of performance evaluation for all employees.Recommendations for organization to implement personnel management programs.Conduct of classroom and workshop type training program in employee interviewing techniques. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Electronic Industries Association Puerto Rico |
| Annual island-wide salary, wage and fringe benefits survey of the electronic industry in Puerto Rico, covering, exempt, non-exempt and salaried employees. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Department of the Family, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Development of individual classification and salary plans Government of Puerto Rico for the Exempt and Career services, island-wide, for approximately 12,000 jobs. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Department of Social Services, San Juan |
| Revision of the allocation of certain positions to the Disability Determination Program existing classification and salary plans of the Government of Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Department of Agriculture |
| Development of individual classification and salary plans Government of Puerto Rico island-wide, for the Exempt and Career Services of the San Juan, Puerto Rico Department. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Cutter Laboratories, Inc., San Juan |
| Compilation of fringe benefits data and information on general personnel practices followed by some companies in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Commonwealth Oil Refining |
| Wage survey and recommendations covering competitive position of the company in office management, financial, engineering and technical positions. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Central Personnel Office (OCAP), San Juan |
| Design and conduct of a salary and fringe benefits study covering all position of the Executive Branch (about 128,000 positions) including top executives, a longevity study for selected classes, budgetary effect by institution and a schedule of implementation in three years. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, San Juan |
| Technical assistance and advice in the design and installation of new classification and salary plans. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Banco de Ponce. |
| Review of personnel program and organization for that function.Development and installation of position classification and pay plans. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory, (Cornell University) |
| Development and installation of position classification and salary plans for Arecibo technical, operational, administrative and maintenance positions. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, San Juan |
| Revision of the position classification plan and the making of adjustments to better serve the industrial relations program.Salary study for the managerial and professional positions of the Authority. |
| Virgin Islands |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of Health, St. Thomas and St. Croix |
| Administrative survey of the Department, including administration of hospitals. |
| United States |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Community Health Care (CHC) |
| Assistance to private health practice to improve management and administration. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Administration for the Protection of Minors, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| (1) Classification and salary studies for the Exempt and Agency of the Department of the Family Career Services, prepared during the process of organization of the Administration. (2) Design of the Personnel Recruitment and Selection Manual for the Administration |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Administracion de Compensaciones por Accidentes de Automoviles(ACCA) |
| Analysis and upgrading of their salary system in the light of changes in the market. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service |
| Study of the impact of the Food Stamp Program in the Nutrition level of the Puerto Rican families. For this study the firm collected detailed food consumption data (250 food items) covering a one-week period from 3,000 Puerto Rican families. A three-day diary with each food item eaten at each meal in the home and away from home, by volume and weight, and the manner of preparation was made so that the information could be translated into nutrients content. Study conducted in collaboration with the National Analysts Division of Booz, Allen, & Hamilton, Inc. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California |
| A detailed analysis of long-range market trends and prospects of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Seguros de Servicios de Salud |
| Analysis of the health insurance records and filing system and volumes and design and implementation of a new computer oriented records and filing systems including the preparation of manuals and the training of staff. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund |
| Study of the organization of the Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund, design of a records management system, design and installation of a reporting system and design of a classification and salary programs for all employees including those in the Industrial Hospital, clinics and dispensaries. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Puerto Rico Medical Association, San Juan |
| Study of the organization and operations of the Association including recommendations for improvement of services rendered to its members. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Puerto Rico Medical Association, San Juan |
| Recommendations of changes in organization and mprovements in administration of support services and membership matters, and in relations between the central and district groups. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Presbyterian Community Hospital |
| Study of the organization and staffing of the Human Resources Division and design and installation of a position classification and salary system for all its staff. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Office of the Governor, Drugs Addiction Control Commission |
| Technical assistance in the preparation of the Puerto Rico Master Plan for Drug Addiction Control.Survey of public knowldege, opinion and attitude concerning drug use and abuse in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Office of the Governor |
| Advice and technical assistance to the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Governor`s Feeding and Nutrition Commission of Puerto Rico in reviewing, updating and analyzing the ""Economy Food Plan in Puerto Rico"". Document presented to the U.S. Congress as part of the request to extend to Puerto Rico the Food Stamp Program. This study included a comprehensive evaluation of the health and nutritional conditions of the families in Puerto R |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Municipality of San Juan |
| Study of the organization and administration of the Department of Health and Welfare of the municipality of San Juan including ambulatory services and existing hospitals. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Municipality of San Juan |
| Study of the Department of Health Human Resources Program for Doctors and Paramedical staff and the development of a new classification and pay system for the staff. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Municipal Government of San Juan |
| Development of classification of positions and pay plans covering the Municipality`s medical personnel working at the Municipal Hospital of the Capital and at the different dispensaries throughout the Capital. Development of a seniority plan applicable to all medical personnel. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Government of Puerto Rico |
| Technical assistance to the Administrative Analysis Division in the design Bureau of the Budget and installation of a productivity measurement and enhancement system for the government agencies. Two agencies were selected as pilot agencies to install the system and evaluate its results - the Department of Health and the State Insurance Fund. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Department of Social Services |
| Technical assistance to the Department in the updating of the 1982 study of the socio-economic characteristics and food expenditures patterns of the Food Stamp Program participants and conduct of a new study among participants of the provisionally enacted system of the nutritional assistance checks. Objective of the studies was to test whether the change from Food Stamps to cash reduced the nutritional intake of the participant families. The results showed that the participant families improved their food purchasing habits and that nutritional intake increased significantly. The study contributed to the U.S. Congress decision to make the provisional program into a permanent one and to experiment in other states with a similar approach. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Department of Social Services |
| Technical assistance to the Department in the organization of the Food Stamp Program and the design of systems and procedures for the delivery and control of the Food Stamps. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Department of Social Services |
| Technical assistance and advice to the Department of Social Services in the preparation of the necessary documents presented to the USDA and U.S. Congress to justify the extension of the U.S. Food Stamp Program to Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Department of Social Services |
| Study to follow up the impact of the Food Stamp Program on the demand for food in Puerto Rico, especially by classes of food or individual foods. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Department of Social Services |
| Study of the nutritional impact and changes in the dietary patterns of the Food Stamp Program participants. Data for the study was collected from an island-wide sample of 1,200 participants. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Masso Enterprises, Caguas |
| Study of organization and financing of the Corporation. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Department of Health |
| Comprehensive study of the Department of Health children`s institution needs, including functional space recommendations and diagrammatic space layouts; revisions of regulations and standards for nursing homes.Technical assistance for the design of the Master Sample of the Department of Health.Design and preparation of federal proposals for the implementation of an integrated statistical information system in the Government of Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Department of Family Health |
| Evaluation of the Family Planning Program of the Planning Program Department of Health with primary interest in determining the real impact in the community, its knowledge, attitude opinions and usage of family planning methods and facilities available in Puerto Rico. For the conduct of this evaluation the firm designed, conducted and analyzed four major surveys among general population (1,000 adults surveyed), Female Non-Users of the Family Planning Clinics (2,400 women surveyed), Female clients or users of the Family Planning Clinics (1,400 women surveyed) and 500 male non-users of the Family Planning Clinics. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| City of San Juan |
| Study of the organization and administration of the Department of Health and Welfare, including ambulatory services and the Santurce and Rio Piedras hospitals.Survey of the organization and administration of the municipal government with detailed recommendations for improvement.Design and installation of a comprehensive records management system for the Mayor`s office and all departments. Evaluation of processes and end products of the Skills Center of the Model City Program.Review of the organization and effectiveness of personnel deployment (productivity in the municipal government) including recommendations on methods to enhance productivity through a system of incentives |
| Puerto Rico |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Office of the Governor ? Federal Grant-in-Aid Program, San Juan |
| Review of selected federal formula grants to determine whether Puerto Rico is getting its maximum legal allocations. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Electric Energy Authority, San Juan |
| Cost-benefit study of the price of petroleum, giving due consideration to the cost that originates from paying a price a little bit higher for petroleum when compared with the benefits derived from the operation of the refineries in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Department of the Treasury, San Juan |
| Preparation of performance budgeting and related accounting procedures for application to municipal governments, including manuals and guidelines. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| City of Caguas |
| Assistance in the adaptation and installation of a performance budgeting and the related accounting system based on guidelines prepared by the firm for the Commonwealth Department of the Treasury. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Vocational and Technical Education Council |
| Evaluation of the Vocational, and High Skills Education Program in Puerto Rico to determine the extent to which the program was complying with the provisions of Public Law 94-482, Title II; emphasis on assessing the effectiveness of the program to supply the needs of industry and in developing special programs for the disadvantaged and in special groups. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| University of Puerto Rico |
| Review of personnel program covering both administrative and academic staff; recommendations for policy and procedural improvements. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Land Authority, San Juan |
| Classification and pay study involving field employees and employees in grinding mills. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Finance - Budgeting - Accounting |
| Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority, San Juan |
| Study of budget and selected accounting procedures. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| University College of Turabo, Caguas |
| (1) An academic evaluation of the Business Administration Program and comparison to the needs and demands of the labor market. (2) A Title III project assisting the Office of the Dean of Students to develop an encompassing student development concept. (3) A Title III project to study the attrition problem. Research involved sampling, evaluation, and assistance. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Turabo University College, Caguas |
| Evaluation of the future development of the programs in the Business Administration Area of the College. It included the bachelor and associated degrees, as well as the graduate programs. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| The Angel Ramos Educational Foundation |
| An in-depth study among a selected sample of 100 of the top educational policymakers and community leaders to identify Puerto Rico`s principal and most urgent problems in education an how the Foundation could help in their solution. The Foundation used the recommendations from the study to establish a new set of criteria and priorities for subsequent grants and funding. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| San Juan, City of Skills Center |
| Evaluation of the teaching techniques and processes used in training students for the world of work and the results obtained. The study was based on a survey among enterprises that had hired the first graduates from the Center. Based on the results of the study, the Center reoriented its program to the needs of the employers. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Sacred Heart University |
| Opinion survey among high school students and teachers (3rd and 4th years) with the purpose of obtaining information on preferences and university image. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Regional College of Humacao |
| Design and implementation of a documents and records administration system including the preparation of manuals, norms and procedures, and the training of staff in the use of the system. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Inter American University of Puerto Rico |
| Technical assistance consisting of direct advice and consulting assistance on how to plan work to be performed, how to develop the samples and instruments required, how to organize the data collected, and how to interpret the data in order to arrive at necessary conclusions and make recommendations, in the following activities: (1) curriculum development, as well as strengthening of: (2) administrative services, (3) the consortium of Regional Colleges, (4) learning resources centers, and (5) student recruitment. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Inter American University |
| (1) A practical mathematical model (index) was prepared for the Inter-American University to measure the quality of the in-house variables which permit the administration to evaluate the institutional progress quantitatively and periodically and to help estimate the impact on costs for any goal or goals set for achievement of proposed changes and improvements. Some of the variables in the model are size of student body; student/teacher ratio; faculty rank; preparation and salary; library and laboratory facilities; research and development budget; etc. (2) A Title III project assisting in curriculum development, administrative services, and strengthening of the Consortium of regional colleges. (3) Development of classification and salary plans covering all non-teaching personnel of the Uni |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| O`Kelly, Mendez and Brunner, San Juan |
| Survey of administrative procedures, including recommendations for this major architectural office. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Puerto Rico Teachers Credit Cooperative |
| Organization and management survey. Design and assistance in the installation of selected personnel policies and procedures covering recruitment, selection, appointment and employee orientation and evaluation and records. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Puerto Rico Teachers Association |
| Organization and management survey including the design and implementation of a position classification and salary system. Provision of on-call advice of personnel matters. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Puerto Rico Junior College |
| Technical services to the PRJC in its Organizational and Administrative Development program, including ongoing consultation to the Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation. The project included the evaluation of the existing administrative structure; the evaluation of patterns of inter and intra-departmental communications; the assessment of supervisory skills and styles of managerial personnel and identification of areas where training was needed. It also included the detailed development of admissions, registry, treasury and economic assistance procedures. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Department of Education |
| Overall organization and management study. Assistance to the Department in identifying, securing and supervising the use and control of non-state funds. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Department of Education |
| Needs assessment of the vocational, technical and higher skills programs of the Department to assess the current and projected occupational needs and the current and projected demand for general occupational skills for the next ten years by SIC, economic sector, municipality, educational region; examine the needs of students, including adults, in order to determine how to improve student skills levels in light of State`s occupational and skills requirement; assess the special needs of certain groups of individuals for access to vocational education and vocational services, in terms of labor market needs. The study included four sample surveys among employers, students, teachers and officials and supervisory personnel of the Department. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Department of Education |
| Critique of the evaluation design for the project ""Innovation to Prepare Disadvantaged Children for the World of Work"". Development of an audit plan included detailed procedures to guide the auditing process through the life of the proj |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Department of Education |
| Accomplishment audit to verify and assess the achievement or degree of achievement of objectives set forth for a ""World of Work"" project financed under Title III of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Audits were made for each of the first two years of the Prog |
| Puerto Rico |
| Education and Educational Administration |
| Department of Education |
| Accomplishment audit to assess the appropriateness of the evaluation procedures for determining the effectiveness of operational and management process and to verify results of the Bilingual Program supported under Title VII of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Audits were made each of the first two years of the Program. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Western Federal Savings and Loan Association, Mayaguez |
| (1) Economic feasibility study and preparation of application for a branch office in Mayaguez Mall. (2) Economic feasibility study and preparation of application for a branch office in Cabo Rojo. (3) Economic feasibility study and preparation of application for a branch office in San Sebastian. (4) Feasibility study of establishing a new branch office in the town of Canovanas. (5) Feasibility study and preparation of application for establishing a branch office in the town of Rio Grande. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| W.L. Industrial Development Corp., Vega Baja |
| Professional testimony to ASERCO (DACO) on the economics of granting a special bulk rate for sugar. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Vacia Talega Land Owners Association, San Juan |
| (1) A plan to finance a flood control project affecting over 10,000 cuerdas in Puerto Rico. The plan involves joint financing by the landowners, the Federal and Commonwealth Governments, public corporations and two municipal governments. (2) Study of the economic impact on the future development of the Metropolitan Area of San Juan and a proposed project to develop a hotel and residential complex in the Vacia Talega area. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Urban Renewal and Housing Administration (Administracion de Renovacion Urbana y Vivienda San Juan) |
| Pilot study on the unemployment problems of residents in two slum areas and two Public Housing Projects, San Juan and Utuado. An action plan or reducing unemployment was designed for each area. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Tax Reform Commission, San Juan |
| Comprehensive in-depth study of the property tax, including its economic effects, assessment practices, organization and administration; development of recommendations for improvements and estimation of possible future yields. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California |
| A detailed analysis of long-range market trends and prospects of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products in Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Puerto Rico Properties, Inc., San Juan |
| Economic and market feasibility studies required for planning and development of a major tourism and housing development project on the northern coast of Puerto Rico. Economic feasibility study of a large residential project. Analysis of demographic and housing characteristics and trends of the area, and forecasts of market potential and effective purchasing power for Puerto Rico and the Metropolitan Area. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Planning Board, San Juan |
| (1) Study of the trucking industry in Puerto Rico. (2) Preparation of methodology for computing a series of price indices. (3) Study of the market for housing in Puerto Rico with special reference to effective demand and the capacity of the construction industry to meet such demand. (4) Study of Alternative Methodologies for developing price indices for deflating the Puerto Rico Social Accounts. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies |
| Office of the Governor ? Federal Grant-Aid-Programs, San Juan |
| Review of selected federal formula grants to determine whether Puerto Rico is getting its maximum legal allocations. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Management Information Science (MIS) |
| Department of Health, San Juan |
| Revision of regulations and standards for nursing homes. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Human Resource Management and Personnel Administration |
| Puerto Rican Cement Corporation, Ponce |
| Assistance in human resource development and in the recruitment of executives. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Health, Nutrition, Family Planning... |
| Health Plus, Inc., San Juan |
| Market feasibility study for the establishment of an HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) in Puerto Rico. |
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