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Assessing Strategic West African Transport Corridors

Deloitte contracted Locus Economica to help advise on SEZ possibilities and strategies and economic and sector development in critical transport corridors in West Africa, including...

Helping Make East and West Africa More Competitive

From 2007-2008, Locus Founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier led the technical work for trade and investment competitiveness assessments for both East and West Africa while working with Deloitte Consulting.

Clearing Administrative Barriers to Investment in Niger

From 2006-2007, Jean-Paul Gauthier served as TTL and Team Lead for the World Bank's Niger Administrative Barriers to Investment Study. The project was conducted through the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS), for which Jean-Paul served as the designated SEZ law point person on 38 total projects....

Building Better Business Laws in West and Central Africa

OHADA is an organization of 17 Central and West African countries that seeks to improve the business environment in the region by passing uniform laws applying to all businesses in member state. From 2006-2007, Locus founder and CEO Jean-Paul Gauthier led an ... effort to help reform OHADA laws that were in need of updating. ...