Asia and Middle East Economic Growth Best Practices (AMEG) Project

The Asia and Middle East Economic Growth Best Practices project (AMEG) supports USAID bureaus and missions in Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa with activities such as assessments, strategic planning, diagnostics, and innovative pilot programs. AMEG DRM activities in Iraq focused on increase domestic revenue for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and included: 1. advice on restructuring tax administration to improve revenue performance, modernize administrative structures and increase efficiency – a detailed Large Taxpayer Office (LTO) roadmap involving self-assessment for large tax payers, communication plan, and training plan for the new LTO regime; and training to the revenue forecasting office to improve skills and methods to make more realistic revenue estimation.