Improving the Business Environment

The purpose of this project is to promote economic growth by helping to create an enabling environment for private business. The project helps the Private Sector Commission of Guyana (PSC) analyze regulatory policy and other bottlenecks that impede private sector development. It helps the PSC then make representations to the government about the bottlenecks and how to overcome them in order to stimulate the economy. The PSC represents the interests of Guyanese businesses both large and small. The project aims to improve the ability of its personnel to undertake sound economic analysis and to contribute to the competitiveness of the private sector in part by fostering PSC members' understanding of trade and investment issues. This project is a multi-donor initiative led by CIDA that also involves the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID).