USAID & Implementing Partners Overview
The Emerging Markets Development Advisers Program (EMDAP) is a cooperative
effort between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the
Institute of International Education (IIE) and is now also available to USAID Missions
and their partners under the Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA).
For over ten years, some 170 students and recent graduates from over 70 universities across the
United States have contributed to the development of business solutions in
45 USAID-identified emerging market countries. At the same time EMDAP Advisers gain valuable
work experience in those countries and write case studies about their experiences
that are taught in business schools worldwide. For a quick glance at EMDAP-impacted
countries and participating U.S. universities, see Where are Advisers Assigned?.
EMDAP Advisers use their knowledge of business management practices to identify
business solutions in diverse situations and support a scope of work for
a position in a local business/business-serving organization. They help build
capacity and create mechanisms to sustain their effort after the end of their
assignment. In this way, USAID’s goal of broad-based, sustainable economic
growth is realized. Developing country host organizations that have benefited
from an EMDAP Adviser in recent times include both big and small, based in
the capital city or in a outlying town.
EMDAP Advisers work in capacities such as:
Financial planning and cost control
Loan portfolio tracking and analysis
Production efficiency, inventory systems and quality control
Marketing, sales, and import/export
Human resource development/management
Information systems and database management
Strategy development/implementation
Property development
Policy analysis and coordination
Development of microfinance manuals and BDS implementation
Work assignments are identified in collaboration with each cooperating USAID
mission and/or implementing partner. Designated mission officers generally
serve as mission contacts and participate in identifying Advisers by matching
candidate credentials with the requirements of the identified assignments.
To begin the process of sponsoring an EMDAP Adviser, we invite you to complete
a Scope of Work. If you have any questions about the program, please feel
free to contact us at any time. We look forward to working with you
in the future and to continue the longstanding relation between EMDAP, USAID
and its implementing partners.
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