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The following OSI initiatives, listed alphabetically, support at least one program or organization active in economic development issues.

Central Eurasia Project

The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. more

Economic & Business Development Program

The Economic and Business Development Program assists Soros foundations in promoting the restructuring of transitional economies, focusing on building viable market economies and creating new jobs. more

International Policy Fellowships

The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network. more

Latin America Program

The Latin America Program works throughout the region to create more open societies, enhance human rights protections, and encourage the implementation of economic and political policies firmly rooted in democracy. more

Middle East & North Africa Initiative

OSI’s Middle East & North Africa Initiative (MENA) acts as the primary contact point and clearing house for OSI activity in the region. MENA operates primarily as a grantmaking program in partnership with several other OSI network programs on issues ranging from knowledge and information to women’s rights. more

OSI-Baltimore

OSI-Baltimore seeks to foster debate, empower marginalized groups to help shape and monitor public policy, and strengthen communities and families in the Baltimore, Maryland area through the development of fair, rational, and responsive public systems. more

Overview

The Economic and Business Development Program provides the most comprehensive information about OSI’s activities in economic development. Several other OSI initiatives also work on this issue around the world, from Africa to the United States. They are all grouped alphabetically in region categories on this page.

Economic & Business Development Program

Events

OSI Forum: Central Asia's Energy Risks
OSI-New York
June 4, 2007
Audio
Charles Esser of the International Crisis Group examined the resources of three countries—Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—and the dangers of mishandling them.  more

OSI Forum: Katrina Was Not a Natural Disaster—What Went Wrong in the Gulf Coast?
OSI-New York
May 4, 2007
Audio
This OSI forum looked at why poor and black neighborhoods were the most vulnerable to Hurricane Katrina, and discussed approaches to creating more equitable and sustainable communities.  more

more events

news and announcements

Leaving a Legacy of Transparency in Nigeria
April 2007
President Obasanjo’s government must act now to make critical transparency reforms permanent before it leaves office, states this policy brief by the Revenue Watch Institute, an OSI grantee.  more

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