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On January 24, IGD partnered with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) to help MCC and the Ghanaian government identify opportunities, constraints and solutions to private sector participation in Ghana’s power sector, a key area of focus for Ghana’s second MCC compact. More than 20 companies across the power [...]
IGD launched Development Partners in fall 2011 and has since hosted a number of successful events between business leaders and U.S. government officials. The network is hitting the ground running in 2012 with several opportunities for companies to engage with senior Administration and Congressional officials as well as with their business peers to align and [...]
One way U.S. government development agencies can move toward a 21st century development model that involves a more strategic relationship with business is by strengthening development finance tools. While these tools were adequate for a time when foreign assistance was a straightforward relationship between governments, they have yet to catch up to take full advantage [...]
Following the Frontier 100 Forum in New York City, IGD organized meetings for interested CEOs with a number of U.S. government agencies focused on increased investment and economic development in Africa. The purpose of the meetings was to generate increased awareness of major U.S. government development initiatives that stimulate private sector activity in Africa as well as the availability [...]
Members of IGD’s Leadership Council sent a letter to Congress last week making the case that disproportionate cuts to international affairs funding would do little to help the deficit, since the entire account makes up less than 1% of the federal budget, and would harm the bipartisan effort during the last two administrations to improve [...]
IGD and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) co-hosted a roundtable discussion on April 6 led by MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes and moderated by IGD Board Chair Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr. The event outlined three key areas where the private sector can engage in global development in conjunction with the MCC: First, it highlighted how U.S. [...]
A top priority for IGD this year is monitoring the implementation of the new global development policy announced by President Obama last September and reinforced by the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) findings released by Secretary Clinton in December. In January, USAID Administrator Raj Shah gave a major address on reforms that his agency [...]
