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USAID’s PSE focuses on collaboration with U.S. and international companies, which has the potential to “crowd out” local companies. |
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USAID engages U.S., multinational, and local companies in achieving its objectives, depending on which are the best partner(s) to achieve our development and humanitarian objectives, as the examples below illustrate. |
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USAID/Indonesia collaborates with a consortium of U.S. and local companies that are operating across the supply-chain for spices that are sustainably sourced and produced in the Papua region. Leveraging $2 million in private-sector co-investment, the project strengthens local companies in the supply-chain, and links th... |
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PSE is likely to undermine the role of governments and inherently public-sector functions. |
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In many cases, PSE has proven to be an effective means for building up government capacity and filling gaps in demand for basic social services. In addition, for every public good or basic social service (e.g., health care and education), there is an underlying private-sector supply-chain. |
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USAID/Indonesia collaborated with the U.S. medical technology company, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) from 2013-2017 to support the Indonesian Government’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Program. BD contributed its expertise and in-kind resources to improve laboratory and diagnostic practices in Government laboratories... |
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USAID PRIVATE-SECTOR ENGAGEMENT POLICY | Myths and Mythbusters Regarding Private-Sector Engagement |
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USAID cannot fund income-generating activities with the private sector. |
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In many cases, supporting market-based approaches to development and humanitarian challenges will lead to increased profits for the private sector. This is a good thing. It is part of USAID’s theory of change that market-based approaches will lead to more sustainable outcomes when the business case or market exists for... |
USAID has certain limitations around how it directly supports profit-making and income-generating activities, depending on the type of instrument (i.e., acquisition or assistance). Federal and Agency regulations govern the treatment of program income. (See Parts 200 and 700 of the 2 Code of Federal Regulations). USAID ... |
Provided USAID’s collaboration with the private-sector fosters positive development outcomes and results that do not wholly, and solely, accrue to the private-sector partner(s), USAID is able to use assistance and approaches used under the GDA to fund for-profit activities with the private sector; |
The DCA enables the Agency to fund for-profit banks and intermediaries through credit guarantees to extend financing to underserved markets; and |
By capitalizing on “shared value,” companies may pursue profit-making strategies while addressing social issues in collaboration with USAID, where our interests align. Funding for-profit activities with the private-sector - which also have strong development and humanitarian outcomes - can effectively build sustainabil... |
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A partnership between USAID and the National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP) and Mobilizing Institutional Investors to Develop Africa’s Infrastructure (MiDA) facilitates and expands opportunities for infrastructure-investment in sub-Saharan Africa. The program focuses on American investors, exposes them ... |
USAID support to small-scale, maize-growing farmers in Uganda provides another example of shared value in which multiple partners achieved a positive return on investment. In a community in Uganda, farmers were drying their maize on the ground near domestic animals. This meant that they lost 30-40 percent of their crop... |
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SECTION VI: FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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(All information requested in this section is required) |
THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY HAS MANDATED THAT FEDERAL PAYMENTS BE ISSUED VIA ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER (EFT). COMPLETE THE BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION BELOW TO RECEIVE THIS PAYMENT ELECTRONICALLY. THE ACCOUNT MUST BE IN THE NAME OF THE PERSON, TRUST, ESTATE, ORGANIZATION/CHARITY/LEGAL ENTITY OF THE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY. |
DIRECT DEPOSIT/ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER INFORMATION: Please provide your banking information below. |
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