Seizing the Opportunity in Public Private Partnerships

Introduction by:

 

Chairman and CEO, Holsman International and CSIS Trustee
 

Conversation with:

 

Former Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company and CSIS Trustee
 

Framing Remarks by:

 

Former Director, USAID Global Development Alliance Initiative and 

CSIS Senior Associate
 

Moderated by:

 

Co-Director, CSIS Project on U.S. Leadership in Development and 

William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis
 

Panel Discussion including:
 

Jeri Jensen, Senior Director for Policy, Initiative for Global Development 

Drew Luten, Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton 

Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, 

Harvard Kennedy School 

Dennis Whittle, Co-Founder, GlobalGiving

 

The Center for Strategic and International Studies held event marking the release of a new report, “Seizing the Opportunity in Public Private Partnerships: Strengthening Capacity at the State Department, USAID, and MCC,” on November 1, 2011. In a development landscape changed by globalization, the growth of global philanthropy and tightening foreign assistance budgets, U.S. development strategy must adapt to better reflect the times. Experts discussed the issues and opportunities in working with the private sector on development and suggested ways in which the U.S. government can take fuller advantage of these partnerships.