May 10, 2024

Volunteers have been a critical part of IESC’s mission since 1964. The Frank Pace Award, named for one of IESC’s founders, is given each year to a volunteer expert, or team of experts, who performed the most outstanding project in the previous year.

2023 Frank Pace Award winner Moses Mutug

This year’s recipients are Moses Mutugi of Kenya and Megan Smith of…

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March 19, 2024

Roseau, Dominica – On March 19, the U. S. government, through the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC), hosted a national fresh produce market linkage workshop in Dominica. This event is part of the Caribbean Agricultural Productivity improvement Activity (CAPA), which focuses on improving food security and expanding financing options for agricultural…

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On February 27, 2024, Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC), the implementing partner for the USAID Caribbean Agricultural Productivity improvement Activity (CAPA), hosted a workshop on antimicrobial treatments and post-harvest practices for dasheen in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The workshop convened exporters, farmers, buyers, input suppliers, extension service providers, development partners, and research organizations…

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January 18, 2024

IESC is excited to announce the launch of the new three-year USAID Feed the Future Tanzania Agri-Finance Project to improve access to finance for smallholders, women, youth, and micro, small, and medium (including large) enterprises (MSMiLs) in Tanzania. The $3 million project has a particular emphasis on expanding investments in priority technologies, including irrigation, inputs, storage, and value addition. The Project…

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January 1, 2024

As the calendar turns to 2024, we are thrilled to commemorate the 60th anniversary of IESC’s founding in 1964. While much has changed throughout the world during these sixty years, what has not changed is IESC’s focus on sustainable economic development and making a lasting difference in the lives of the people and communities we serve.

We were founded by a group of…

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November 17, 2023

On November 9, 2023, IESC’s President & CEO David Hartingh and Associate Vice President Sujeewa De Alwis hosted a reunion in Colombo, Sri Lanka of former IESC staff and Sri Lankan business leaders who were program beneficiaries of the IESC implemented and USAID funded Technology Initiative for the Private Sector (TIPS) program from 1991 to 2000. TIPS was a $17 million flagship USAID program, working in conjunction…

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