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CARANA Corporation Awarded SEGIR Privatization II IQC By USAID

Arlington, VA—CARANA Corporation was recently awarded the Support for Economic Growth and Institutional Reform (SEGIR) Privatization II IQC by the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID). This five-year IQC has a $500 million ceiling, and will build upon the first SEGIR Privatization contract.

CARANA, who also served as a Prime Contractor on the first SEGIR Privatization IQC, has teamed with a diverse consortium of highly specialized partners to assist USAID in achieving its goals. Through this IQC, USAID will accumulate the intellectual and technical resources necessary to better understand and overcome ownership related constraints to economic growth as experienced by developing countries in the areas of competition, market access, regulatory reform, and institutions.

The CARANA Consortium consists of subcontractors Abt Associates Inc.; Nathan Associates Inc.; PA Government Services; Cameron McKenna LLP; Global Development Solutions, LLC; Euro-Phoenix USA, LLC; IMPAQ International, LLC; Land Tenure Center; The Peoples Group, Ltd.; and Teknecon Energy Risk Advisors, LLC. Resource firms include BG Consulting Inc., CompuSpa, Inc.; Indecon Consulting GmbH; and International Capital Corporation, Ltd.

Also for USAID, CARANA is a prime contractor for SEGIR General Business, Trade, and Investment and a subcontractor for Accelerated Microenterprise Advanced Project/Business Development Services (AMAP/BDS), Microenterprise Advanced Project/Enabling Environmental Services (AMAP/EE), Energy II, and Rural and Agricultural Incomes with a Sustainable Environment (RAISE).

For over 20 years CARANA has been designing and implementing results-oriented strategies for post-privatization economies in the areas of Public Sector Reform, Private Sector Growth, and Human Capacity Development. Innovative global development solutions have been provided in over 50 countries throughout Latin America, the former Soviet Union, Eastern and Central Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. CARANA maintains a staff of 200 professionals worldwide, with corporate offices in Arlington, VA and Moscow, Russia.

[Posted October 13, 2003]

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