Experience
Since 1986, JAA has completed more than 650 projects in 120 countries. In any given year, JAA’s professional staffers work on projects in more than 30 countries worldwide.
JAA maintains an active network of experts, both generalists and specialists, covering a deep and broad range capacities related to each of the areas above. JAA quickly mobilizes its core staff, supplemented by these experts, to help clients understand and assess critical needs, define strategy, and implement interventions to achieve strategic goals.
Clients
JAA’s clients include many private companies; business associations, national, and state governments; foundations and other nongovernmental organizations; and international finance and assistance agencies. JAA has carried out assignments funded by:
- African Development Bank
- Asian Development Bank
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- European Commission
- Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
- Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
- Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
- U.K. Department for International Development (DFID)
- United Nations (UNDP, UNIDO, UNHCR, UNICEF, FAO)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
- U.S. Department of State (DOS)
- World Bank Group, including the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Infodev
- And Foundations such as: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Citi Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation
Over a four-year implementation period, JAA’s WATH project strengthened the competitiveness and performance of West Africa's farmers and firms...
Building Competitiveness in Africa’s Agriculture: A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications
Sponsored by the World Bank, JAA prepared a toolkit of implementation approaches based on value chain principles to enhance...
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) addressed a key causal factor in the inability of small...
Areas for Municipal-Level Alternative Development Program (ADAM) – Colombia
The Areas for Municipal Alternative Development (ADAM) project combatted the production of coca by supporting the development of licit...
JAA prepared a Sourcebook for FAO, presenting concepts and cases that describe best practices to promote investment and growth...
Agro-Industry Strategy – Training Program
To build institutional capacity within governments and stakeholder organizations regarding the designing of development strategies for their agro-industries, the...
Livestock Market Development (AGP-LMD) in Ethiopia
JAA was a core partner on Ethiopia’s Livestock Market Development project, a Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative that contributed to...
Livelihoods and Enterprises for Agricultural Development (LEAD) in Uganda
JAA, as part of a team, implemented the Livelihoods and Enterprise for Agricultural Development (LEAD) project in Uganda, a...
Agribusiness and Trade Promotion (ATP and E-ATP) in West Africa
The ATP and E-ATP programs increased the value and volume of intra-regional trade in maize, rice, millet, sorghum, poultry,...
Senegal 10-year SAGIC/PCE Program
The 10-year SAGIC/PCE program addressed Senegal’s food security and nutrition challenges. Though it initially emphasized export-oriented value chains to...
Making Cities Work: Communities Thrive
As a sub-contractor under the Making Cities Work - West Bank/Gaza Communities Thrive Project (just underway), JAA is leading...
Over a four-year implementation period, JAA’s WATH project strengthened the competitiveness and performance of West Africa's farmers and firms...
The Competitiveness of Cities: World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Competitiveness
JAA President Kevin Murphy served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Competitiveness from 2010 through 2016....
Lebanon TAMKIN – Municipal Capacity Building
JAA was a core member of the consortium that implemented the 5-year Lebanon Municipal Capacity Building (TAMKIN) program, which...
The Areas for Municipal Alternative Development (ADAM) project was an effort by USAID to combat the production of coca...
Bosnia Fostering Interventions for Rapid Advancement (FIRMA)
Under the FIRMA project, JAA worked directly with numerous institutions supporting private sector development including: trade associations, the industry...
Jordan Sustainable Achievement of Business Expansion and Quality (SABEQ)
JAA contributed to a USAID project that worked with both the public and private sectors to enhance economic competitiveness...
The Regional Governance Consolidation Program, or Cimientos, achieved several objectives: 1) Improved the presence of the state in the...
JAA prepared a Sourcebook for FAO, presenting concepts and cases that describe best practices to promote investment and growth...
Middle East Regional Cooperation Program (MERC)
JAA is the prime contractor providing technical and logistical support for the Middle East Regional Cooperation (MERC) Program. Established...
Business Growth Initiative (BGI)
JAA is a core partner in a consortium contracted by USAID to conduct research, evaluation and product development focused...
Empowering Pakistan Entrepreneurs Project
The ENTREPRENEURS team led by Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) and J.E. Austin Associates(JAA) brought together the diverse private...
Jordan Sustainable Achievement of Business Expansion and Quality (SABEQ)
JAA contributed to a USAID project that worked with both the public and private sectors to enhance economic competitiveness...
Georgia Economic Prosperity Initiative
JAA contributed deeply to the successful achievement of the major project targets - in investment, mobilization of domestic finance,...
Haiti Local Enterprise and Value Chain Enhancement (LEVE)
The USAID-funded Local Enterprise and Value Chain Enhancement (LEVE) project strives to increase economic growth and employment opportunities in...
Myanmar Private Sector Development Activity (PSDA)
JAA led several entrepreneurship initiatives through USAID’s flagship PSDA program. In the context of a rapidly liberalizing and increasingly...
Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Entrepreneurship Project (SECO EP)
JAA is the technical advisor and co-implementer for this six-country entrepreneurship project, and is in particular spearheading the implementation...
JAA manages the Ecosystem Forum, which curates professionals from the international development community who are focused on supporting entrepreneurs...
Over a four-year implementation period, JAA’s WATH project strengthened the competitiveness and performance of West Africa's farmers and firms...
More Investment for Sustainable Alternative Development, Colombia
The USAID/Colombia MIDAS Project (More Investment in Sustainable Alternative Development) was one of USAID/Colombia’s largest projects designed to provide...
As a part of this ongoing project, JAA has established partnerships with local champions, mentors, and entrepreneurship organizations to...
Georgia Economic Prosperity Initiative
JAA contributed deeply to the successful achievement of the major project targets - in investment, mobilization of domestic finance,...
Haiti Local Enterprise and Value Chain Enhancement (LEVE)
The USAID-funded Local Enterprise and Value Chain Enhancement (LEVE) project strives to increase economic growth and employment opportunities in...
The Competitiveness of Cities: World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Competitiveness
JAA President Kevin Murphy served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Competitiveness from 2010 through 2016....
Croatia Competitiveness Initiative
JAA led the long-term Croatia Competitiveness Initiative. An earlier competitiveness exercise carried out by JAA had pinpointed the lack...
Tanzania Cluster Competitiveness Programme (TCCP)
TCCP built the capacity of key industry clusters and provide policy advice rooted in private sector experience, public sector...
Egypt Technical Assistance for Policy Reform (TAPR II)
JAA, in partnership with Deloitte, provided senior competitiveness advisory expertise to the country team by writing the Egypt Competitiveness...
Georgia Economic Prosperity Initiative
JAA contributed deeply to the successful achievement of the major project targets - in investment, mobilization of domestic finance,...
The Support for Accelerated Growth and Increased Competitiveness/Project Croissance Economique (SAGIC/PCE) program evolved from an initial mandate as USAID’s...
ZIMBISA is helping Zimbabwe achieve sustained economic growth and reduce poverty by fulfilling the ambitions set out in the...
Myanmar Private Sector Development Activity (PSDA)
JAA led several entrepreneurship initiatives through USAID’s flagship PSDA program. In the context of a rapidly liberalizing and increasingly...
India: Bihar Investment in Agriculture Initiative
As part of the Bihar Investment Climate Reform Project, JAA conducted in-depth value chain assessments of the sugar and...
ZIMBISA is helping Zimbabwe achieve sustained economic growth and reduce poverty by fulfilling the ambitions set out in the...
As a part of this ongoing project, JAA has established partnerships with local champions, mentors, and entrepreneurship organizations to...
Assisting the Faculty of Business of the University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
To strengthen the Faculty of Business of the University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, JAA helped organize a private and...
Jordan Sustainable Achievement of Business Expansion and Quality (SABEQ)
JAA contributed to a USAID project that worked with both the public and private sectors to enhance economic competitiveness...
Workforce Improvement for the Association of Tanzania Employers
In two consecutive contracts, J.E. Austin Associates helped the Association of Tanzanian Employers (ATE) to examine the quality of...
Egypt Higher Education Partnerships Program (HEPP)
JAA is an implementing partner on the USAID-funded Egypt Higher Education Partnerships Program (HEPP). HEPP is designed to address...
Haiti Local Enterprise and Value Chain Enhancement (LEVE)
The USAID-funded Local Enterprise and Value Chain Enhancement (LEVE) project strives to increase economic growth and employment opportunities in...
Georgia Economic Prosperity Initiative (EPI)
In a 4-year USAID-supported program, JAA led the implementation of support to the manufacturing and services value chains as...
Global Workforce in Transition (GWIT)
JAA assisted in designing and carrying out workforce assessments for potential long-term implementation for USAID. Under this project, JAA...