ADAM SMITH INTERNATIONAL

Adam Smith International is a leading government advisory consultancy that works throught the world to help countries reform their economics and government institutions. We are at the cutting edge of the fields in which we work and have an outstanding reputation for delivering results, even in very challenging situations.

Adam Smith International was founded in 1992 in response to the growing international interest in practical advice on economic and government reform. We are now a leading independent governance and economic consultancy. We are based in London, Delhi and Nairobi and have project offices throughout the world.

Our aim is to apply our professional and consulting skills, independence and rigour in the fight against poverty and for economic growth for the citizens of countries facing the need for good governance, economic and social change. We work throughout South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, South East Asia and East Europe. We provide high quality governance and economic thinking underpinned by practical support for ministers, officials and citizens at all levels.

We have an international reputation for providing authoritative technical expertise and for being pragmatic and committed to getting things done, often in the most difficult circumstances. We have a long-established reputation and extensive experience of delivering development projects that work, and contribute to sustainable outcomes.

The projects we have undertaken are wide ranging and include good governance, civil service reform, institutional capacity building, decentralisation, economic reform, and educational and social development.

Key to the way we work is the combination of our consultants’ world-class technical expertise with the exceptional project management and coordination skills of our core group of full time staff supported by a strong administration team. We ensure sustainable outcomes by putting a strong emphasis on the need to work in full partnership with our counterparts. This has enabled us to establish a strong reputation as trusted advisers who work hard to understand local needs and practices, to tailor international experience to the local environment and to build the ownership needed to achieve lasting change.


Activities

ASI provides a broad range of services to support the reform of Goverment institutions and policies.

• Public finance
• Public administration reform
• Human resource management
• Decentralisation
• Transparent governance / Anti-corruption
• Centre of government reform
• Conflict resolution / Post-conflict reconstruction
• Trade policy
• Communication and public awareness
• State enterprise reform
• Infrastructure reform
• Education reform
• Natural resource management
• Private sector development
• Justice, police & security
• Financial sector reform
  
  

Typical Projects

PALESTINE: Support to the PLO in negotiations
AFGHANISTAN: Support to the Afghan Revenue Department
NIGERIA: Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility
KENYA: Support to the Office of the Prime Minister
LIBYA: Reform of public administration

Offices overseas
India (Delhi)
Kenya (Nairobi)

Experience in:
EUROPE AND CIS: Belarus,Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Tajikstan, Ukraine
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Palestine, United Arab Emirates
SOUTH ASIA: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan
EAST ASIA: Cambodia, China, Laos, Singapore, Vietnam
AFRICA: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
CENTRAL AMERICIA:
SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, Guyana, Peru

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