USAID'S COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT - USAID Macedonia

Figure 5: Performance Monitoring Plan
Performance Indicator and
Unit of Measurement Indicator definition
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Number of firms receiving
USG assistance to access
bank loans or equity.
Number of firms that
successfully accessed bank
loans or private equity as a
result of USG assistance.
New capital invested in
Macedonian firms, through
project interventions.
(million $)
New capital invested in
Macedonian firms by
external agents, through
project interventions
(million $)
Number of firms receiving
USG assistance to improve
their management
practices.
Number of firms receiving
USG assistance to invest in
improved technologies.
Number of firms that have
implemented new
Management Practice or
Technology
8 Number of New Jobs
Baseli
ne
Target
FY2008
Actual
FY2008
Target
FY2009
Actual
FY2009
Target
FY2010
Actual
FY2010
Target
FY2011
Q1
FY2011
Q2 FY
2011
Cumulativ
e to date
Firms assisted and referred
to access bank loans or
equity.
Firms that have been
assisted to access bank
loans or private equity, and
have acquired new capital
N/A 20 23 30 62 40 75 50 34 14 208 200
to expand operations.
Total of new capital
invested in firms, (includes
foreign, domestic, joint
ventures, recycling of profit,
bank loans and equity
N/A 4 0 15 22 25 65 26 23 9 119 100
financing.) N/A 6 1.8 20 16.24 35 38.35 44 23.14 12.19 91.72 80
Portion of the new capital
invested in firms from
foreign sources. N/A 4 1.2 15 5.8 26 8.7 30 0.3 1.46 17.46 40
Firms receiving project
assistance to improve their
management practices
Firms receiving project
assistance to invest in
improved technologies or
N/A 10 84 20 98 45 310 45 23 21 524 150
facilitate its access.
Firms introduced with new
management practices and
technologies through
Project assistance actively
N/A 5 82 10 24 10 53 10 10 0 169 45
using those
New jobs created or filled in
firms, including estimate of
their supply chains as result
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 N/A
of assistance provided.
Employable workforce
developed to meet demand
N/A 693 774 209 228 1,902 2,500
from employers. N/A 849 2,207 313 164 3,533 4,000
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Number of Individuals
Trained
Number of Internship
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placements Internship placements N/A 318 1,023 185 106 1,764 2,000
Increase in total exports as Increase in total exports as
a result of project
a result of project
11 interventions. (million $) interventions. N/A 2 0 8 8.38 10 21.6 13 8.7 8.87 47.55 25
*This is new indicator introduced in FY2011, upon recommendation from the external project evaluation.
Target
LOP
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