Pact, Inc.—acting in its capacity as sub-contractor to Weidemann & Associates, Inc.
under USAID's Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project Contract No. GEG-I-00-02-00025-00—is
pleased to announce the release of a Request for Applications (RFA) "Guided Case Studies for
Value Chain Development for Conflict-Affected Environments".

USAID office of Microenterprise Development (MD) has developed an approach to value chain development
that takes into consideration the universe of factors affecting the performance of industries including
those employing the rural poor. Believing that this approach has some useful applications to accelerating
sustainable growth in post-conflict situations, MD is issuing this RFA to solicit cases from the field that
can increase understanding of the implications of value chain approaches to economic reconstruction and recovery.
The recipients of these awards will be responsible for the preparation of a written case study that contributes
to the research objectives of the program.

If you encounter problems opening the RFA please contact Pact's AMAP Small Grants team at AMAPgrants@pacthq.org
and a copy of the RFA will be sent to you. The deadline for the application submission is May 24, 2007 at 5pm
Washington, DC time.

Carrie Keju

Senior Program Officer, Economic Empowerment

Program Manager, AMAP Small Grants

Pact, Inc.

1200 18th St. NW, Suite 350

Washington DC 20036

Tel: 202-466-5666, ext. 304

Fax: 202-466-3768

www.pactworld.org

Number of children in the world - 2.2 billion: Number in poverty - 1 billion