WASHINGTON, DC - The Global Development Alliance (GDA) Secretariat of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced recently the release of a publication detailing several current alliances. The 24-page color booklet highlights 13 alliances ranging in scope from health in Africa to technology in Latin America.

Each case study in the publication is briefly summarized with reference to selected challenges, initiatives, results and partners. In addition, the publication includes a partial list of USAID’s alliance partners and a world map that pinpoints the 2002 public-private alliances forged by missions and bureaus of the agency.

Both President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell are quoted in the booklet as supporting the GDA initiative. As Powell explains the establishment of the GDA, “alliances among government, civil society and the private sector multiply the impact of official U.S. development assistance abroad”.

USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios states, “We created the GDA Secretariat to promote public-private alliances, draw in corporations and other partners and assist Agency staff to develop and implement alliances. As a result, all of USAID’s missions in developing countries are incorporating public-private alliances into their work.”

The GDA was launched in May 2001 to promote public-private alliances as a new business model for USAID. In fiscal year 2002 alone, USAID – with the critical support and help of the GDA – funded 84 public-private alliances with $223 million leveraging over $1 billion in outside contributions.

A PDF of this booklet is available for download by clicking "Expanding the Impact of Foreign Assistance through Public-Private Alliances". For more information about the GDA, please contact Rebecca Goldman at (202) 712-4418 or e-mail her at regoldman@usaid.gov.

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