Driving trade, technology, agriculture, business, and financial services to create jobs, reduce poverty, and enhance food security.
A pioneer of developing and implementing strategies for national competitiveness, DAI now works at the forefront of development strategies around low-carbon growth.
We work across all sectors—from rural agricultural to large-scale manufacturing and service industries—to boost firm-level innovation and productivity and develop ecosystems that foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and employment generation. We take a commercial approach to stimulating production efficiency and quality improvements, through new technologies and improved workforce skills. We work with companies to adopt innovative business models, reach high-value markets, leverage investments, and access new technologies.
We engage all stakeholders—policymakers, private sector, training institution, and business service providers—to generate partnerships that offer entrepreneurship and employment opportunities, particularly for youth.
Edwin Berk has made a career of building the businesses of professional services companies where public and private sectors intersect.
Bobby Jefferson is a member of the senior management team at DAI. He joined the firm in 2016 and has served in various roles, including as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the company’s global health division, where he was instrumental in establishing DAI’s successful digital and global health teams.
Danijela Kostic performs management, coordination, planning, and assessments of information and communications technology (ICT) projects, writing technical documentation, reviewing ICT components for DAI projects, working on proposals with ICT components, and designing tailored solutions for project beneficiaries.
Mark McCord has more than 36 years of experience in competitiveness, economic growth, and organizational development, including more than 23 years as a Chief of Party or Project Director for donor-led programs.
Zehra Zaidi is the Senior Director, Human Development for DAI’s UK and Europe units and has designed and led programs focused on education, innovation, governance, and social entrepreneurship.
TechStart builds the capacity of Palestinian firms, strengthens demand from international buyers and investors, and stimulates the absorption of high-tech knowledge in the ecosystem.
Read MoreThe Innovative Private Sector Development (IPSD) project develops entrepreneurship and expands economic opportunity in the Palestinian Territories.
Read MoreImplemented on behalf of the Palestinian Ministry of Finance and Planning, the Finance for Jobs series of projects address constraints to job growth in the West Bank and Gaza by developing financing instruments to promote business investment and job creation.
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