Developing Economies
The MEPI economic pillar is focused on region-wide economic and employment growth driven by private sector expansion and entrepreneurship. Within the economic pillar, MEPI is concentrating on the following goal areas:
- Investment: Encourage mobilization of foreign direct and domestic investment and facilitate revenue and employment growth of micro-enterprises and SMEs.
- Entrepreneurship: Advancing private sector job creation.
- Trade/Transparency: Enhance MEPI partner countries' global competitiveness.
Read about examples of success stories.
The economic pillar allocated $6 million in 2002; $38 million in 2003; $32 million in 2004; $23 million in 2005, and $12 million in 2006.
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