'''Global Development Alliances''' ('''GDA''') is a program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was created in May 2001 as a new way for the U.S government to provide aid to developing countries through public-private partnerships. From 2001 to 2016, USAID formed 1500 of such partnerships with over 3 500 private sector organisations. The goal of these partnerships are to provide market-based solutions to problems faced by developing countries as identified by USAID.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Global Development Alliances (GDAs), United States Agency for International Development|url=http://www.oecd.org/dac/peer-reviews/Global-Development-Alliances.pdf|last=|first=|date=2016|website=OECD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310034551/http://www.oecd.org/dac/peer-reviews/Global-Development-Alliances.pdf|archive-date=2021-03-10|access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also== * Economic Development * Public-private partnerships in the United States
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==External links== * [http://www.usaid.gov/gda/ Global Development Alliance Homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030412192613/http://www.usaid.gov/gda/ |date=2003-04-12 }} * [http://www.ashinstitute.harvard.edu/Ash/ Harvard Ash Institute Innovation Awards Program] {{Webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050718211301/http://www.ashinstitute.harvard.edu/Ash/ |date=2005-07-18 }} {{Public-private Partnership}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Global Development Alliance}} Category:Independent agencies of the United States government Category:International development agencies Category:International development programs