DAI (dai.com) is an integrated professional services and advisory firm that provides project design and delivery, management consulting, and financial services to businesses, investors, governments, and international development agencies, drawing on 50 years of work in more than 150 countries to combine deep technical expertise, robust operating capabilities, and proven financial acumen. Founded in 1970 as Development Alternatives, Inc. by Charles Franklin Sweet, Donald R. Mickelwait, and John M. Buck (who met at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government), DAI is now legally renamed and formally registered as DAI Global, LLC, and is an international development company working on the frontlines of international development tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability.
DAI is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA (7700 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 340, Bethesda, MD 20814) with corporate offices in more than a dozen countries including London and Apsley, Hertfordshire (UK), Abuja and Lagos (Nigeria), Ramallah (Palestine), Brussels and Vienna (European capitals), Kathmandu (Nepal), Sydney (Australia), and locations in Amman, Islamabad, Belgrade, Sofia, Bogota, Ankara, and Georgetown, operating in nearly 100 countries currently. The company has 1,001-5,000 employees, operates as a privately held organization in the international trade and development industry, and delivers results across the spectrum of international development contexts from stable societies and high-growth economies to challenging environments racked by political or military conflict.
DAI’s mission is to make a lasting difference in the world by helping people improve their lives, envisioning communities and societies that become more prosperous, fairer, better governed, safer, healthier, and environmentally more sustainable through development solutions that turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. The firm connects analytics and design, policy and practice, advice and implementation to support clients at any stage of their investment from concept to completion, offering services through three core pillars: Advise, Invest, and Deliver, partnering with local people and institutions on scores of projects worldwide for clients including international development agencies, international finance institutions, private corporations, philanthropies, and national governments.
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