Innovation

Devex Impact: Connecting Professionals at the Intersection of Business and Development

Oct 26 2012

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah introduced a new partnership, Devex Impact, before nearly 1,000 business, NGO and government leaders at BSR’s 20th Anniversary Conference, one of the world’s largest and most influential events devoted to sustainable business. 

10 high-tech startups win the USAID-Microsoft iMulai 4.0 competition

May 24 2012
The iMulai 4.0 competition sponsored by USAID and Microsoft Indonesia

The iMulai 4.0 competition sponsored by USAID and Microsoft Indonesia, recognized 10 entrepreneurs for their innovations in business products and services.  The competition, in its fourth year, provides incentives for high-tech startups to create new software products and services that improve the way entrepreneurs do business. 

USAID Chief Rajiv Shah in Forbes

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah
Date Published: 
June 19, 2012
USAID Chief Rajiv Shah Talks about Partnerships, Innovation, Transparency, and More
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USAID Chief Rajiv Shah Talks about Partnerships, Innovation, and More

Jun 19 2012
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah

 

Chief Innovation Officer of USAID on Development and Social Entrepreneurship

Mar 28 2012
Development and Social Entrepreneurship

Forbes: In a brief interview with Maura O’Neill, Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Counselor to the Administrator at the U.S.

CSIS | USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures: Investing in Game-Changing Ideas

Mar 20 2012
Investing in Game-Changing Ideas

Center for Strategic and International Studies | USAID:  In a more austere era for international development, innovative and cost-effective solutions are in greater demand than ever.

University Relationships

New University Relationships
Date Published: 
February 9, 2012
Game Changing Innovations through New Relationships with Universities
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Crowd Sourcing Development Innovation in India

Dec 20 2011
Crowd Sourcing Development Innovation India

 

Crowd Sourcing Innovation India

Crowd Sourcing Development Innovation in India
Date Published: 
October 27, 2011
With a booming social enterprise sector, a number of the world’s leading academics, Nobel Prize winners and thinkers, a vibrant private sector, and world-class NGOs like Pratham, India has been dubbed the innovation hub for the West.
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Maximizing economic opportunities and purchasing power for rural farmers

Oct 1 2011
Men transfering liquid

Rigorous evaluation is a crucial component of innovative projects, and it is a hallmark of USAID Development Innovation Ventures' $230,145 grant to Innovations for Poverty Action in Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, poor farmers are often forced to sell their crops at harvest time, when prices are lowest, because they need immediate income and lack access to crop storage.

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