Capability Statement

Apex Consulting (Apex) is an international professional services firm with extensive global experience in management and strategy consultancy to support broad-based, inclusive development. They have offices in the United States, Yemen, Jordan, and Egypt, and a portfolio in over 20 countries. Apex Consulting is also locally registered and self-certified as a U.S. small business.

Core Competencies & Capabilities

Apex specializes in helping government and private sector partners fuel transformative economic growth through the following service offerings:

Revenue reform services:

• Supporting regulatory reform to support private-sector led economic growth
• Strengthening institutions through organizational development and process re-engineering
• Streamlining revenue administration and processes to increase efficacy of tax systems
• Revenue policy review
• Local and sub-national tax reform
• Develop consistent and transparent tax procedures and SOPs
• Reduce tax compliance cost

Business Enabling Environment services:

• Legal and regulatory reforms
• Institutional assessment and restructuring
• Improve Government to Businesses (G2B) service delivery
• Business process mapping and engineering
• Capacity building and training

Research, Evaluation and Learning:

• Assessment
• Impact evaluation
• Third Party Monitoring
• Learning

They back their deep technical knowledge with first-in-class project management and have a long track record successfully delivering results-focused international development programs in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.

Their Clients

They have been selected to carry out projects for major international donor organization. Apex has worked for multi-lateral and bilateral donors including the World Bank, African Development Bank, UNDP, UNICF, FAO, WFP, UNOCHA, DFID, and USAID, and has worked directly with host-country governments and with multinational corporations and local business. This gives Apex a multi-dimensional understanding of the forces shaping economic growth.

Their Experience

They have a strong track record in the design and implementation of programs that support holistic economic growth in countries, particularly in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. Their work includes:

• Tax administration reform
• Domestic revenue mobilization
• Business environment analysis
• Economic sector analysis
• Business start-up diagnostic and simplification
• Organizational restructuring and development
• Capacity building and training needs assessment

Their Work

Below, they present a number of illustrative projects within the technical scope of the anticipated Financing Self-Reliance and Market-Led Development (FSRMD) Program.