Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC)

For nearly 50 years, Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC) has been promoting stability and prosperity through private enterprise development. We design, implement, manage and evaluate economic growth programs under contracts and cooperative agreements with organizations like the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of State as well as for private companies and foreign governments. To ensure sustainable employment opportunities, generate increases in sales, and facilitate economic growth, we provide an array of services through each of our five practices:

• Trade & Enterprise
• ICT & Applied Technologies
• Financial Services
• Tourism
• Public Sector & Business Enabling Environment

We're very careful about matching the right team with the client's needs and working to provide an optimal mix of the most capable experts in their fields. This includes local talent, paid consultants, experts from our HQ team and volunteer experts.

Over the years, we've implemented more than 25,000 short-term projects and 200 programs in 130 countries. True to our mission— Promoting Prosperity and Stability through Private Enterprise — we're proud to have created more than one million jobs all across the globe.