Elma Bukvic Jusic, Development Assistance M&E Specialist for USAID in Bosnia and Herzegovina, discusses her more than 17 years of USAID experience, use of performance reporting M&E, and how local implementers fit in to the process with “Performance Reporting: Let the Data Speak." More...
As a country in transition, postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) still needs to ensure political stability, foster a national identify, and create a single economic space. While over 50% of GDP goes to support the public sector, the country struggles to perform basic governmental functions and has not transitioned to full sovereignty. The country remains deeply divided along ethnic lines, and these divisions inflame distrust and impede progress in virtually every socio-political and economic area.
The economic challenges facing Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) include high rates of unemployment (as high as 44 percent, and even higher among youth, at 62 percent), marginal GDP growth, and a severely contracted domestic and global market. Creating jobs relies on strengthening and expanding small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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