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On August 9, 2004 the Congressionally-mandated
reorganization of the Department of Commerce's
International Trade Administration was implemented.
As part of this reorganization, the Advocacy
Center has joined the United States & Foreign
Commercial Service (US&FCS). This move will
further strengthen the already strong relationships
between the Center's regional managers and the
commercial officers in our embassies abroad,
making the Center and the USG even more effective
in helping American companies win hard-fought
tenders around the world.
As part of this move to the US&FCS, the
Director General of the US&FCS has tasked
the Advocacy Center with managing the Department
of Commerce representatives to the Multilateral
Development Banks (MDB). These representatives
are responsible for protecting and promoting
American commercial interests at the MDBs, which
altogether finance development projects worth
billions of dollars throughout the world. With
these representatives reporting to the Center,
the USG hopes to markedly increase the proportion
of MDB tenders won by American firms.
Click to view the Advocacy Center's Presentation
at the U.S. Ex-Im Bank Annual Conference:
Multilateral
Development Bank Projects & Financing:
Vital Areas of Opportunity for Your Emerging
Markets Strategy
(Powerpoint Presentation 1,160 KB)
Below are links to the MDB U.S. Commercial
Liaison offices:
The
World Bank (WB)
The Advocacy Center's World Bank Brochure:
Business
Development in Emerging Markets
(116 KB Adobe pdf)
The
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The Advocacy Center's ADB Brochure: How
to Do Business with the Asian Development
Bank (93 KB Adobe pdf)
The
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
The Advocacy Center's IDB Brochure: How
to Do Business with the Inter-American Development
Bank (228 KB Adobe pdf)
The
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD)
The Advocacy Center's EBRD Brochure: How
to Do Business with the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (121
KB Adobe pdf)
The
African Development Bank (AfDB)
The Advocacy Center's AfDB Brochure: How
to Do Business with the African Development
Bank (103 KB Adobe pdf)
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