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The Global Development Alliance (GDA) is USAID’s commitment to change the way we implement our assistance mandate. GDA mobilizes the ideas, efforts and resources of governments, businesses, and civil society by forging public-private alliances to stimulate economic growth, develop businesses and workforces, address health and environmental issues, and expand access to education and technology.
In the 1970s, 70 percent of resource flows from the United States to the developing world were from official development assistance and 30 percent were private. Today, 80 percent of resource flows from the United States to the developing world are private and 20 percent are public. These changes in flows reflect the emergence of the private for-profit sector and the non-governmental sector as significant participants in the development process. The Global Development Alliance approach responds to this changed environment, and it extends USAID’s reach and effectiveness in meeting development objectives by combining its strengths with the resources and capabilities of other prominent actors.
Alliances incorporate a breadth of USAID and partner resources to arrive at solutions only available through pooled efforts. USAID considers an "alliance" to be a formal agreement between two or more parties created to jointly define and address a development problem. Alliance partners combine resources, risks and rewards in pursuit of common objectives. Alliance partners make financial and/or in-kind contributions to increase the impact and sustainability of development efforts.
A successful public-private alliance has the following key features: a shared understanding of the development problem or issue; a shared belief than an alliance will be more effective than any approach taken by a single actor; a shared commitment of resources; and perhaps most important, a willingness to share risks.
USAID/Mozambique is implementing three alliances. The alliance partners and programs are:
- Cooperative League of the USA (CLUSA) – The alliance will develop producer-owned trading companies in northern Mozambique and eastern Zambia. The program is jointly managed with USAID/Zambia. The period of performance is March 2004 to March 2007.
- African Wildlife Foundation – The alliance will consolidate community rights to participate in biodiversity conservation, build community assets, and boost their income generating capacity through partnerships with the state and the private sector. The period of performance is June 2004 to April 2006.
- Technoserv – The alliance is increasing trade and investment between Mozambique and the world by creating business linkages and long-term partnerships between Mozambican, U.S., and South African businesses. The period of performance is March 2003 to August 2005.
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