International Development

“Designing what development needs next, end to end.”

Tambourine Innovation Ventures (TIV) supports governments, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), and international organizations in designing and delivering complex economic development programs in dynamic and data-constrained environments. Our work sits at the intersection of policy reform, private sector development, technology adoption, and institutional strengthening, with a focus on translating analytical rigor into implementable, results-oriented interventions.

Across regions and sectors, development outcomes are increasingly shaped by cross-cutting pressures: technological change, climate risk, fiscal constraints, and evolving global value chains. TIV helps clients navigate these pressures by combining upstream diagnostics and policy analysis with downstream program design, investment structuring, and capacity building. We work across the full project lifecycle, from early-stage analytical work and strategy formulation to implementation support for lending and non-lending operations.

Our international development services are organized around a coherent delivery model rather than standalone technical silos. This allows TIV to deploy deep subject-matter expertise while maintaining a clear focus on institutional feasibility, political economy, and real-world execution, the factors that ultimately determine whether development programs succeed or stall.

Our Services

Economic Policy, Diagnostics, and Reform Design

TIV supports evidence-based economic research and policy analysis to inform structural reforms that address constraints on growth, competitiveness, and investment. Our work includes macro-fiscal policy, public financial management (PFM), trade and competitiveness diagnostics, export promotion, investment climate, and foreign direct investment (FDI) assessments, and global value chain analysis. These engagements provide the analytical foundation for policy dialogue, diagnostics, strategy, and program design, lending operations, and reform sequencing.

2. Private Sector Development, Innovation, and SME Growth

We design and implement private sector development programs that strengthen firm productivity, entrepreneurship, and innovation ecosystems. TIV’s work spans entrepreneurship, small and medium enterprise (SME) development, Business Development as a Service (BDaaS) models, technology-based economic development, Intellectual Property(IP) systems, National Quality Infrastructure (NQI), and job creation strategies. Our approach emphasizes business environment reform, market relevance, institutional fit, and scalable delivery mechanisms.

3. Finance, Investment, and Market Mobilization

TIV supports clients in mobilizing public and private capital and structuring financially viable development interventions. Our services include access to finance, investment analysis, public-private partnership (PPP) design, and transaction structuring, with a focus on risk allocation, financial sustainability, and institutional capacity. We support both lending and non-lending operations, working closely with client teams to align investment solutions with policy objectives and implementation realities.

4. Digital Economy, Technology, and Governance

We advise governments and development partners on digital transformation strategies that balance innovation with institutional readiness and risk management. Our work covers ICT for development, emerging technologies (4IR), artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, digital ecosystem assessments, digital regulation, data privacy, and AI governance frameworks. TIV emphasizes practical adoption pathways that strengthen public-sector capability while safeguarding trust, accountability, and resilience.

5. Human Development, Governance, and Institutions

TIV supports capacity building and institutional support across governance, justice, and social sectors to improve service delivery and accountability. Our work includes governance reform, rule of law, public sector reform, justice sector modernization, and human development and social-sector programming. We integrate political economy analysis, organizational diagnostics, and institutional constraints into program design to improve durability, uptake, and reform credibility.

6. Environment, Climate, and Sustainable Development

TIV has expertise and experience in environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient development across sectors and geographies. TIV’s services include climate change adaptation and resilience, environment and biodiversity initiatives, WASH programming, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) integration. Our work aligns environmental objectives with economic development priorities, institutional capacity, and long-term sustainability outcomes.

Cross-Cutting Themes

International development engagements typically integrate cross-cutting considerations, including climate change and resilience, gender equality and social inclusion, job creation and the future of work, ESG principles, and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals. These priorities are embedded in project design and implementation, rather than treated as standalone workstreams.

Methodologies for Impact

TIV applies a delivery-focused methodology that combines analytical rigor with adaptive implementation. This methodology enables clients to respond to uncertainty while maintaining accountability and a results-oriented focus. Our approach typically includes:

Theory of Change and results frameworks

Stakeholder engagement and co-creation

Surveys and qualitative data collection

Data analysis and evidence synthesis

Agile and iterative implementation practices

Our Clients

TIV has supported programs and initiatives for multilateral development banks, UN agencies, bilateral donors, venture funds, and private sector partners, including the World Bank Group(WBG), Inter-American Development Bank(IADB), Asian Development Bank(ADB), African Development Bank(AfDB), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD), United Nations Development Program(UNDP), and United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO) as well as bilateral agencies such as US Agency for International Development(USAID) and confidential private-sector clients.

Why TIV

Institutional fluency grounded in evidence: TIV combines academic-quality analysis with a deep understanding of how multilateral and UN systems operate, enabling us to design programs that are both analytically sound and institutionally viable.
End-to-end engagement across the project lifecycle: We support clients from early diagnostics and strategy formulation through program design and implementation support, including lending and non-lending operations.
Interdisciplinary delivery in complex environments: Our teams work across sectors and institutions, integrating economic, technological, environmental, and governance perspectives to address multifaceted development challenges.
Global expertise with local relevance: TIV draws on a global network of experts across more than 50 countries, allowing us to tailor solutions to local contexts while applying international best practice.
Experienced leadership with multilateral backgrounds: Our team includes former senior professionals from multilateral development banks, UN agencies, and international organizations, ensuring credibility with client counterparts and procurement teams.
Coordination across agencies and stakeholders: We have extensive experience supporting programs that require collaboration among multiple ministries, donors, development finance institutions, and private-sector actors.

Country Experience

TIV experts have delivered advisory services across Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Eurasia, and Asia-Pacific, including work in low-income, middle-income, fragile, and small-island contexts.

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

Benin, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda

Middle East & North Africa (MENA)

Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi Arabia (KSA), Tunisia, Turkey, UAE

Latin America & Caribbean

Barbados, Brazil, Central America (Regional), CARICOM (Regional), OECS, Colombia, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago

Europe & Eurasia

Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Western Balkans (Regional)

Asia-Pacific

Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Regional (ASEAN), Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Other

North America (USA HQ), Western Europe (Spain, UK)