The William Davidson Institute Review, Winter 2014

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Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) // Global partner: Management Sciences for Health funding agency: U.S. Agency

for International Development (USAID) GOAL: Ensure availability of quality pharmaceutical products and effective pharmaceutical services to achieve desired health outcomes.

Public-Private Partnership Development Program // Ukraine partner: FHI360 funding agency: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) GOAL: Promote public-private partnerships by reforming legal and institutional issues, serving as a bridge between government and private sector interests, establishing a capacity building communications program, and creating a project development facility to build and finance a pipeline of public-private partnership projects.

Broader MENA – U.S. Community College Entrepreneurship Program // Jordan

Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for Development (STRIDE) // Philippines partner: RTI International funding agency: U.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID) GOAL: Promote Philippines university engagement with the industrial sector through case study workshops for business school faculty, technical research assistance, career center capacity building, and mentorship through a faculty exchange program.

partnerS: Washtenaw Community College, Al Quds College funding agency: Higher Education for Development (HED) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) GOAL: Develop an entrepreneurial mindset among the students at Al Quds College by infusing entrepreneurial concepts, business skills and practical experience into the vocational and technical coursework, and creating a business incubator.

Asia and Middle East Economic Growth (AMEG) // Asia and Middle East partnerS: Chemonics funding agency: U.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID) GOAL: Aggregate best practices in economic growth,

business reform, and trade and investment support to promote economic growth and reduce poverty so developing countries can integrate into the global economy.

Mobile Solutions Technical Assistance & Research Program (mSTAR) // Global partner: FHI360 funding agency: U.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID) GOAL: Promote the adoption and scale-up of mobile money, mobile technologies and mobile data solutions in developing countries.

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Goldman Sachs BBA Scholarship // Kigali, Rwanda partner: School of Finance and Banking

The Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation and Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) // Global

funding agency: Goldman Sachs

partner: FHI360

GOAL: Manage successful Goldman Sachs

funding agency: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Scholarship Program for underprivileged and disadvantaged undergraduate women business students in Kigali, Rwanda.

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Market Dynamics Information Services Project // India, China & Switzerland partner: Howard University funding agency: UNITAID GOAL: Systematically collect, synthesize and share comprehensive information on API and raw material markets for HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. Enhanced information resources will generate new insights around API markets to enable UNITAID and its partners to design market interventions to ensure supply stability, reduced prices and improved quality.

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GOAL: Improve the economic security and health outcomes of vulnerable individuals, families, and children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as key populations at high risk of acquiring HIV.

Focus on Results: Enhancing Capacity Across Sectors in Transition II – Participant Training (FORECAST II-PT) IDIQC // Global partner: Dexis Consulting Group funding agency: U.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID) GOAL: Provide technical training, exchange visitor and education interventions, workforce development, youth program services, and leadership development.

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