USAID Fiscal Reform in Support of Trade LiberalizationIn July 2003, the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (EGAT) initiated the worldwide Fiscal Reform in Support of Trade Liberalization program to provide research, training, assessments, and technical assistance to USAID in all areas related to fiscal reform and to fiscal aspects of trade liberalization.
Fiscal Reform in Support of Trade Liberalization is led by Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) in Washington, DC with participation by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (GSU), the Boston Institute for Developing Economies (BIDE) and Training Resources Group, Inc. (TRG). The core of the Fiscal Reform Team comprises Sandra Hadler (Chief of Party) as well as a panel of world-renowned experts who are available on an as needed basis, including Roy Bahl, Richard Bird, and Jorge Martinez.
Task orders and activities developed and delivered by the Andrew Young School under the Fiscal Reform Project include annual training programs on "Fiscal Policy Reform: Principles and Trends" in April 2004, April 2005 and February 2006; a review of India’s Intergovernmental Fiscal System; and the development of Revenue Forecasting Modeling in Vietnam.
Finally, the Fiscal Reform Project also relies on the Andrew Young School to develop policy-oriented research studies, including a studys on fiscal policy and corruption (2004) as well as a study on fiscal decentralization and poverty reduction (2005).
