Teaching Central Asia’s Leaders of Tomorrow
In Tajikistan, we are focusing on addressing the cornerstones of thriving communities in a Global Development Alliance with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) entitled Economic and Social Connections: A Multi-Input Area Development Financing Facility for Tajikistan (ESCoMIAD). Our first series on that partnership traced the impact of dynamic communities and local governance structures […]
Making Growth: Improving Access to Finance and Forging Groups of Shared Interest
This is the third in a series on how the Aga Khan Development Network is building on local capacity to foster economic growth and governance in Tajikistan. With the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), AKDN launched a Global Development Alliance (GDA) entitled Economic and Social Connections: A Multi-Input Area Development Financing Facility for Tajikistan […]
“Why Are We Talking About Integrated Development?”: A Discussion
Integrated development is again gaining traction in international development as a process for making lasting change happen. At a panel hosted by the Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. on March 1, 2016 entitled Facing Complex Challenges: Innovating Through Integrated Development, experts who have worked in integrated development since the last time […]
Aga Khan Foundation and USAID Catalyze Enterprise Growth
DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN, JANUARY 27, 2016. – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) approved an investment of $1 million to the First MicroFinance Bank of Tajikistan (FMFB-T), which will be matched by a $1 million investment from the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF). This adds to a recent investment of $1.2 million mobilized from the KfW […]
2015 Program Highlights
The Foundation’s 2015 Program Highlights features stories about improving quality of life through our Multi-Input Area Development Global Development Alliance (MIAD GDA) in Afghanistan, fostering girls’ science education with Intel, and supporting community philanthropy in Kenya. These programs help break the cycle of poverty and create meaningful, lasting change. This work is possible because thousands of donors […]
Economic and Social Connections: Multi-Input Area Development for Tajikistan
The Aga Khan Foundation USA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a new type of partnership that mobilizes public and private sector capital to catalyze enterprise-driven development programs, which harness the combined strengths of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Afghanistan in 2013, and now in Tajikistan. This brief […]
Integrated development must be intentional, backed by evidence and sustainably funded, Locus experts say
It is up to development organizations to steer the sector and its funders toward an integrated approach, and the effort must be backed by evidence, panelists agreed during a first-of-its-kind international development discussion organized by a new coalition known as Locus: The Point of International Development. The June 23 event, held in Washington, D.C., included speakers […]
Three New Programs and a Milestone in a Deepening Partnership
Three new programs mark a milestone in the deepening partnership between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). AKDN has been working alongside USAID to create new partnerships, harmonize approaches, and leverage financial resources for shared outcomes. In March 2013, USAID and AKDN signed the first partnership in […]
Spotlight on AKF USA Fellows: Big Challenges and Amazing Work
For awhile I was the only one at Table #9. I enjoy arriving early to conferences to get a good feel of the room, but my colleagues are quick to claim my timeliness owes more to the breakfast buffet. Both are true. I was attending the Population-Level Behavior Change Evidence Summit, which had been organized in […]
Economic and Social Connections in Tajikistan
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Building Economic and Social Connections in Tajikistan through Integrated Development The Aga Khan Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a new Global Development Alliance (GDA) entitled Economic and Social Connections: A Multi-Input Area Development Financing Facility for Tajikistan (ESCoMIAD). Through integrated development, the Alliance promotes improved quality of life for people living […]