Current Activities

Selected Current Activities

As part of its its mentor/protégé relationship with Duca Consulting , DevTech is providing advisory services to the Angola Program Support Services - Banco Nacional de Angola project (2007-2009).

DevTech is implementing the Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in the Dominican Republic project (2007-2011) as follow-up to the successful project that the firm conducted from 2003-2007.

DevTech is collaborating with CARE on a U.S. Department of Labor-funded project--Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Central America (2004–2009)--to combat exploitive child labor in Central America.

In Guatemala, DevTech is working closely with the Superintendencia de Administracion Tributaria to develop a Customs Transit Control System (2008-2009), through funding from the USTDA.

DevTech is the prime contractor for USAID/Guatemala’s Decentralization and Local Governance Program (PDGL, acronym in Spanish). PDGL (2005-2009) is working to improve the capacity of 4 mancomunidades and 15 municipalities to provide services to their residents, support decentralization policy, and enhance citizen participation.

DevTech manages USAID’s Economic and Social Data Base (ESDB), develops global, sector-specific statistical information and user-friendly systems to analyze large data sets as part of the services provided under the Economic Analysis and Data Services contract (2007-2012).

DevTech as an Associate on a project to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Colombia (2007–2010) is providing technical assistance to implement non-formal education activities for marginalized and at-risk children and youth.

As a subcontractor on the Kosovo Private Enterprise Program (2008-2012), DevTech develops targeted interventions in key economic sectors as part of the workforce development component of the project.

Through the Moldova Governance Country Threshold Program, DevTech provides technical assistance under the Tax Administration Reform Component, which is designed to prevent and deter corruption in the administration of tax law by reducing opportunities for corruption and improving efficiency in tax assessments and collections.

In Morocco, DevTech is a subcontractor on the Improving the Business Climate in Morocco (IBCM) Program. This program supports the government's efforts to be more responsive to the needs of business, so that business may more effectively contribute to Morocco’s goals of expanded economic growth and job creation.

DevTech is a subcontractor on the Nigeria Restructured Economic Framework for Openness, Reform and Macroeconomic Stability (REFORMS) project (2005-2009), which supports the Government of Nigeria in streamlining the budgeting process and improving public procurement at the federal level. In addition, REFORMS provides capacity building support to government agencies and civil society organizations to increase transparency and accountability within the government.

Through a program funded by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance, DevTech is a subcontractor on the São Tomé and Príncipe Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)'s Threshold Country Plan (2008-2011).

Under the Women in Development IQC, Short Term Technical Assistance & Training Task Order (2002-2009) DevTech offers on-demand, short-term technical assistance and training to USAID operating units to help integrate gender concerns in their activities.

DevTech is a subcontractor working all components of the Tax Policy and Administration Reform (TPAR) project in El Salvador. TPAR (2005-2009) is supporting the Government of El Salvador’s efforts to improve and modernize tax policy and administration.

DevTech works with Mendez, England & Associates on the Water Tracking, Estimating, and Reporting Support (WaTERS) Program, which provides accurate and timely information for and about USAID's water and coastal resources management activities.

Working closely with USAID and its implementers, DevTech is conducting an evaluation of the USAID/Zambia's Education Program, and assisting in the design of the education component of the Country Strategic Plan (CSP).