1. Jennifer Adams USAID/Brazil Mission Director Salvador, BA April 2008
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZIL THROUGH INNOVATIVE MECHANISMS
Jennifer Adams
USAID/Brazil Mission Director
Salvador, BA
April 2008

2. USAID – U.S. Agency for International Development
Independent U.S.G. agency, created in 1961
Implements humanitarian assistance, and sustainable social and economic development programs
Works in partnership with NGOs, public and private sector
In Brazil, USAID addresses global impact issues in the areas of: Energy, Environment, Health, Youth Employment, Trafficking in Persons, Micro and Small Enterprises, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Works to strengthen the strategic relation Brazil-U.S. by forging partnerships; sharing good practices; and developing sustainable and innovative mechanisms

3. Global Development Alliance - GDA
Mechanism for creating strategic alliances
Align public and private sectors interests with USAID’s strategic development objectives
Combines the strengths, capabilities, skills and resources from each partner to create sustainable solutions

4. Example of a GDA project in Latin America
Entra 21
Entra 21 is a $ 25 million public-private alliance among USAID, the Inter-American Development Bank's Multilateral Investment Fund, the International Youth Foundation and several technology companies including Cisco Systems, Lucent Technologies and Microsoft.
This alliance is co-financing 40 locally conceived and executed projects to train 12,000 youth, from 20 countries in Latin America, in skills related to information and communication technology.

5. Example of a GDA project in Brazil
Responsible Sourcing Partnership Project
USAID partnered TransFair USA, Café Bom Dia, and Wal-Mart in a three-year, $1.9 million public-private agreement to promote sustainable economic growth in Brazil by supporting farmers producing Fair Trade and Organic Certified coffee and cooperatives with technical and trade-related training, and infrastructure investment.

6. Development Credit Authority – DCA
Credit Guarantee mechanism
How it works:
Improves access to local private capital
Risk is shared to encourage lending - cover up to 50% of a lender’s risk in providing financing
Uses credit for the development of sustainable and profitable social economic activities
Resources are maximized - Resources can leverage up to 25 times the per-dollar-impact

7. Example of a DCA project in Peru
USAID has set up loan portfolio guarantees with three financial institutions to improve access to credit for Peru’s smaller enterprises, especially those focused on alternative development. The guarantees are intended to diminish the risk financial institutions perceive in lending to agribusinesses and promote longer-term lending to microenterprises. In total, the three guarantees cover up to US$7 million, encouraging the financial institutions to lend in targeted geographic areas and to improve lending in rural areas - especially for the agro-industrial sector. Nearly 1,000 loans have already been made, supporting local microenterprises.

8. The Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative
Launched by U.S. Ambassador Sobel in October 2006
Partnership among U.S. Mission in Brazil (Embassy + USAID), the American Chamber of Commerce and 30 U.S. companies (group has expanded over 60 companies)
Objectives:
Improve visibility
Promote partnerships
Share good practices

9. Mission Statement and Group Identity
“Strengthen public and private alliances to optimize and enhance US CSR investments in Brazil towards sustainably achieving the Millennium Development Goals.”

10. Results Several partnerships established
U.S. Brazil Higher Education Partnership
(Ford and Microsoft)
CSR Challenge Fund
(Microsoft, Dow, Fedex and Accenture interested)
Responsible Sourcing
(Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club and Café Bom Dia)
Education
(IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems)
Youth Ambassadors Program

11. Results Increased visibility
Group identity (+Unidos roughly translated as “more united”)
CSR workshops (Jeffrey Sachs and Ray Chambers)
Volunteer week October 1-5, 2007 (Theme: environment)
CSR website launched (

12. Results Good practices CSR Report – being prepared by GIFE
1st Social Partnership Workshop of the +Unidos - May 2008
CSR Report – being prepared by GIFE
The study is collecting and analyzing information on the private social investments made in 2006 and 2007 by 48 U.S. companies that participate in the U.S. Embassy CSR Initiative
Objectives
Systemize opportunities and challenges
Exchange information and knowledge
Point out trends
To be released on August 2008

13. CSR Report Preliminary findings
U.S. CSR investments cover a vast area within the country (urban and rural areas)
Investments are concentrated in the areas of education, health, environment, and community development
There are several opportunities for joint cooperation on similar projects – Cummins/Wal-Mart/Whirlpool are already cooperating as an outcome of the report
Companies’ efforts to promote social transformation shall be boosted and multiplied after the release of the report

14. THANK YOU !