local entrepreneurs. Support for development of regional finance Categorical Exclusion policies, regulations, and frameworks for insurance products and payment systems. §216.2(c)2(i): education, technical assistance or training programs except to the extent such programs include activities directly affecting the environment; §216.2(c)(2)(iii): analyses, studies, academic or research workshops and meetings; Improvement of ability of policies to enable mobile banking to facilitate cross border trade and §216.2 (c)(2)(xiv) Studies, projects or programs intended to financing. develop the capability of recipient countries to engage in development planning, except to the extent designed to result in activities directly affecting the environment (such as construction of facilities, etc.) 1-B. (NRM) Negative Determination, subject to the following Support for regional harmonization and Condition(s) domestication of agricultural policies and standards (e.g., COMESA’s regionally gazetted policies on Policy development must integrate or otherwise reflect biotechnology/bio-safety and seed, the African current data and analysis on regional environmental trends, Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources including principles of sustainable NRM and GCC adaptation (AU-IBAR)’s Standard Methods and Procedures for strategies in the policy documents. Data and analysis may be Animal Health, and the EAC’s Food Security and drawn from USAID, other bilateral donor agencies, Nutrition Strategy, harmonized standards for 22 International Financial Institutions, Multilateral Development staple foods, and common pest list). Banks, or other internationally recognized research or development entity. Negative Determination, subject to the following Condition(s) Support for development and implementation of Policy development must integrate or otherwise reflect agricultural regulations and policies reducing current data and analysis on regional environmental trends, restrictions on cross-border trade of agricultural including principles of sustainable NRM and GCC adaptation inputs. strategies. Data and analysis may be drawn from USAID, other bilateral donor agencies, International Financial Institutions, Multilateral Development Banks, or other internationally recognized research or development entity.
local entrepreneurs. Support for development of regional finance policies, regulations, and frameworks for insurance products and payment systems. Categorical Exclusion §216.2(c)2(i): education, technical assistance or training programs except to the extent such programs include activities directly affecting the environment; §216.2(c)(2)(iii): analyses, studies, academic or research workshops and meetings; §216.2 (c)(2)(xiv) Studies, projects or programs intended to develop the capability of recipient countries to engage in development planning, except to the extent designed to result in activities directly affecting the environment (such as construction of facilities, etc.) Improvement of ability of policies to enable mobile banking to facilitate cross border trade and financing. 1-B. (NRM) Support for regional harmonization and domestication of agricultural policies and standards (e.g., COMESA’s regionally gazetted policies on biotechnology/bio-safety and seed, the African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)’s Standard Methods and Procedures for Animal Health, and the EAC’s Food Security and Nutrition Strategy, harmonized standards for 22 staple foods, and common pest list). Negative Determination, subject to the following Condition(s) Policy development must integrate or otherwise reflect current data and analysis on regional environmental trends, including principles of sustainable NRM and GCC adaptation strategies in the policy documents. Data and analysis may be drawn from USAID, other bilateral donor agencies, International Financial Institutions, Multilateral Development Banks, or other internationally recognized research or development entity. Support for development and implementation of agricultural regulations and policies reducing restrictions on cross-border trade of agricultural inputs. Negative Determination, subject to the following Condition(s) Policy development must integrate or otherwise reflect current data and analysis on regional environmental trends, including principles of sustainable NRM and GCC adaptation strategies. Data and analysis may be drawn from USAID, other bilateral donor agencies, International Financial Institutions, Multilateral Development Banks, or other internationally recognized research or development entity.
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