Assessment of USAID’s Global Development Business Model

This report assesses USAID’s Global Development Alliance (GDA) business model for creating public-private alliances. The GDA initiative, announced in 2001, promotes strategic alliances between USAID and private- and public-sector partners as a business model for achieving U.S. Government development assistance objectives. The purposes of the assessment are to 1) share learning, specifically on the current state and process of developing alliances, particularly in the missions; and 2) inform decisions, specifically concerning the secretariat, funding allocation and field support, and initiating and managing alliances.