Business & Economic Development

Microcredit helps Roma entrepreneur with crucial step in his business development.

Small loans from a USAID micro-lending program give Genoveva and Assen the opportunity to expand and to plan for the future.

Business Center Serdon is an important part of the USAID legacy in Bulgaria. It provides consulting support to local and foreign companies with a broad range of market entry services.

Travel company Odysseia-In organizes adventure and cultural tours, conducts educational and tourism development activities, and operates two outdoor stores in Sofia. Since founding Odysseia-In, Lubomir Popiordanov worked with several USAID programs.

A few years ago Yumer Salim almost had to close his business in the small Bulgarian town of Momchilgrad. Thanks to a USAID grant, the Egeya-Yumer Salim apparel factory today employs 12 people and supplies uniforms to hospitals throughout Bulgaria and to a Greek company.

Mussel Farmer Vesselin Prokopiev Carves Out a Niche on the Black Sea Coast.
Tucked away in a quiet cove framed by rocky cliffs on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast, the Dalboka Restaurant offers guests stunning sunsets over the water and a tranquil atmosphere.

USAID provides essential consultancy services to small and medium sized enterprises