DAI Acquires MicroVest
Investing in emerging and frontier economies
Digital Insights
MSMEs and digital tools during COVID-19
Climate Change Governance
Six lessons learned
Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance
Data makes a difference
Race to Zero
Accelerating DAI’s trajectory to net zero
Lower Costs, Safer Communities
A modernized Honduran judicial system
Land and Climate
Lessons from Ethiopia
Natural Capital
Exploring a financial method to evaluate its cost
Nature is Calling
Rethinking competitiveness and sustainability
Who We Are
DAI works on the frontlines of global development. Transforming ideas into action—action into impact. We are committed to shaping a more livable world.
We tackle fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. We work with a wide range of clients, including national and local governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, private corporations, and philanthropies.
Our Work
Since 1970, we have worked in more than 150 countries—delivering results across the spectrum of international development contexts, from stable societies and high-growth economies to challenging environments racked by political or military conflict.
Global Impact
We partner with local people and institutions on scores of projects worldwide.
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Facilitating Gender-Smart Investing
In June, the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and development finance institutions (DFIs) renewed and extended their commitment to gender-smart investing (GSI) through the 2X Challenge. They pledged to mobilize $15 billion...In Case You Missed It: Decoding Cybersecurity for MSMEs
A notification pops up on a business’s computer and says they have several days to pay an amount before all their data is deleted. This business just became a victim of ransomware—a debilitating cyberattack that can shut down entire companies...News
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DAI-Led Project Wins United Nations Award for Climate Finance
Two investment projects of the World Bank-funded Finance for Jobs (F4J) program in Palestine have won an award from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat (UN Climate Change) in the category, “Financing for Climate Friendly Investment.”
The F4J activities—a solar-powered industrial park in Gaza and 500 solar-powered public schools—were praised for their “innovative financing structure, [which includes] blended concessional finance, to help de-risk the projects.”
Careers
DAI offers rewarding careers for talented technical, managerial, and support professionals.
