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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.
U.S. businesses are advised to begin their exploration of the opportunities at these institutions by visiting their respective websites, acquainting themselves with the procedures and goals of the various institutions, and reviewing the recently released series of booklets published by the Advocacy Center:
The World Bank (WB)
The Advocacy Center's World Bank Brochure: Business Development in Emerging Markets (116 KB Adobe pdf)
World Bank website: http://www.worldbank.org/
The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The Advocacy Center's ADB Brochure: How to Do Business with the Asian Development Bank (93 KB Adobe pdf)
ADB website: http://www.adb.org/
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)
IADB website: http://www.iadb.org/
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)
EBRD website: http://www.ebrd.com/
The African Development Bank (AfDB)
The Advocacy Center's AfDB Brochure: How to Do Business with the African Development Bank (103 KB Adobe pdf)
AfDB website: http://www.afdb.org/
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