Practices

DevTech, an international consulting firm, specializes in providing technical assistance to governments and civil society on the major means to stimulate economic growth and combat poverty, operating over a wide spectrum of cultural and political conditions, from the highest levels of government to the operational level in the field. DevTech's clients include U.S. government agencies, consulting firms, and multilateral development banks.

The following list highlights DevTech's areas of practice and sub-fields of expertise based on the current and recent portfolio of projects:

• Economics
  • Enterprise Development and Competitiveness—business climate and institutional reform, trade agreement implementation, business development services for small and medium enterprises, value chain analysis and regional linkages, and gender equity
  • Public Financial Management—direct and indirect tax policy analysis and reform, tax administration, and performance based budgeting. 
  • Policy Analysis and Reform—data collection and management, trade statistics, and economic and social data
• Education and Youth 
  • At-Risk Youth Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development—labor market analysis, program design, public-private partnerships, non-formal education programs to combat child labor, life skills training, and vocational education
  • Gender Equity in Education—health education to prevent school-related gender-based violence and educational access
  • Education Reconstruction—public-private partnerships, institutional strengthening, and program certifications
  • Evaluating Education Program Effectiveness—early childhood, basic education, secondary education, and vocational education
• Environment
  • Environmental Compliance—22 CFR 216 and other federal requirements and FAA 118 and 119 assessments
  • Environmental Technologies and Infrastructure—facilitating transfer of environmental technologies and tracking foreign investment in new technologies
  • Gender and the Environment—global climate change, avian influenza, tourism, and conservation
  • Preservation of the Natural Resource Base—land tenure and conservation financing
  • Water—integrated water resources management, municipal services, and wastewater treatment options
• Gender
  • Gender Integration—climate change, economic growth, education, enterprise development, environment, food security, and global health
  • Gender Analysis and Performance Management—gender relations analysis; program impact on women and men, at program, region, and project-levels; gender-relevant indicators; and gender-centric analysis applied to economic and social data collection and management
  • Gender Programming—agriculture and competitiveness, citizen participation, education, governance structures, information and communication technology, sustainable tourism, trade, institutional strengthening for municipal-level legal rights offices, legal and regulatory reform, gender-based approach civil society strengthening, and citizen participation
• Governance
  • Decentralization and Local Governance—intergovernmental transfers, financial management and accountability, public service provision, revenue administration, policy analysis, advocacy, and legal reform
  • Local Economic Development—strategic and investment planning and improved service delivery
  • Transparency, Accountability, and Capacity-Building—women's and indigenous people's participation in elections, municipal development councils or committees, electoral politics' open budget systems, and institutional strengthening 
    
• Information Technology
  
  • Business Process Improvement and Re-engineering—system design, development, and implementation in a developing country environment
  • Data Analysis and Management Systems—business intelligence and analysis tools
  • Web-based Knowledge Management Tools—capture, storage, and dissemination of information, data analysis, and other written materials.
  • Web-based Platforms for USG Data Collection—data collection surveys and presentation
• Performance Management and Evaluation (cross-cutting)
  • Institutional Strengthening and Organizational Development—assessments and training programs
  • Program/Project Monitoring—management information system design, performance monitoring plan development, indicator development, online- and person-based data collection processes, and training
  • Evaluation—sector, project/program, and impact evaluations
  • Survey Design, Implementation, and Analysis—baseline, mid-term, and end line quantitative and qualitative surveys.
  • Statistical Analysis and Econometric Methods—economic analysis, decision-making tools, aid effectiveness, data quality assessments, and data management