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3.4 BEMFICIARIES
The proximal benefits of EXITOS will be improved managerial skills,
better operational efficiencies, lower per unit production costs, improved
knowledge of international markets, and greater market competitiveness by CA
export entrepreneurs and businessmen operating all along the export chain.
The proximal beneficiaries will therefore be the export businessmen and their
work forces, which constitute a significant proportion of the Central American
working population. These benefits will be in the form of more income for
workers as production expands, and more profits for owners through improved
operating efficiencies. Women will be major workforce beneficiaries,
especially in food processing and agriculturally related assembly operations.
The ultimate benefits to derive from EXITOS will be increased foreign exchange
earnings and increased employment opportunities in all sectors of the CA
economies.
EXITOS is an equal opportunity, demand-driven activity that will benefit
without discrimination those who request Project services through export
promotion institutions. While no criteria will therefore be employed under
the Project to include or exclude specific groups yis-a-vis the technical
services provided, the Contractor will nonetheless be especially sensitive to
requests for assistance from women and others who may be disproportionately
underrepresented as recipients of assistance. The Contractor will also keep
careful records of beneficiaries for monitoring purposes; the specific
beneficiary data to be collected by the Contractor will be determined in the
first month of implementation.
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