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

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.

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.

OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative operates primarily as a grantmaking program on issues ranging from media and information to women's rights.

OSI-Baltimore focuses on helping youth succeed, reducing the social and economic costs of incarceration, tackling drug addiction, and building a corps of Community Fellows to bring innovative ideas to Baltimore’s underserved communities.

Overview

Several OSI initiatives work on economic and business development around the world, from Africa to the United States. They are listed alphabetically on this page.

OSI Forum: Shadow of the Holy Book
OSI-New York
February 17, 2009
 AUDIO
The Open Society Institute held a screening and discussion of this documentary on the secretive and repressive dictatorship of Saparmurat Niyazov in Turkmenistan, and the Western companies who did business with him.

OSI Forum: Transparency, Natural Resources, and the Open Budget Index
OSI-New York
February 10, 2009
 AUDIO
OSI grantee the Revenue Watch Institute cohosted a discussion on the links between poor performance in many resource-dependent countries and the lack of budget transparency and accountability.

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