Saana
Constraints facing women cross-border traders
In 2017, working with Saana, David prepared a survey for use by the World Bank intended to survey women traders in some 40 countries to identify the constraints and barriers that they face. The survey was prepared, and then tested thruogh focus groups in Malawi and Zambia, and then tested further through undertaking a pilot survey in Kenya.Support for West Africa Regional Integration Project (2010-2011)
The Support for West Africa Regional Integration Project (SWARIP) was a DFID (now FCDO) initiative to promote and support regional integration in West Africa. It worked alongside and complemented other donor initiatives also intended to support regional integrationI was asked to make suggestions for ways in which business organisations and others could become more involved in the process of regional integration, through more effective dialogue and advocacy with ECOWAS as well as through better co-operation of associations across national borders. This assignment was undertaken in partnership with Saana