MBA Business Advisors

What They Do
Since the inception of MBAEC in 1990 and of MWB in 2005, CDS’ MBA
Programs division has fielded over 1,000 business advisors. They have
strengthened and supported more than 4,000 enterprises, entrepreneurs,
governments, and NGOs in fifty countries on five continents through the
financial support of US government agencies, global consulting firms,
multinational corporations and nongovernmental organizations.
MBA Business Advisors work on a wide range of business functions
including:

Capacity Building
Innovation.
• Conduct company and organization assessments
• Help formulate new business and operating plans
Entrepreneurship. • Develop financial and funding proposals
• Establish marketing programs
• Implement accounting and software systems

Impact. Financial Services

• Providing pre- and post-investment strategies
• Perform investee due diligence activity and financial analysis
• Monitor investee performance and assess markets and products of
potential investees
• Provide post-investment strategy on development of sales and marketing
techniques for portfolio companies.
The
World Business Development and Advisory Services
is • Procurement
• Contracting
Waiting. • Accounting
• Supply chain management
• Human resource management
• Production processes and efficiency

Competitiveness and Value Chain Development

• Business plan development
• Marketing and sales techniques
• Internet orientation
• Increasing trade opportunities
• Introduction to international accounting standards
• Bid and procurement processes
• Increasing access to credit
• Increasing adoption of international standards for quality control

1420 K Street, NW | Seventh Floor | Washington, DC 20005

Main 202.872.0933 | Fax 202.872.0923 | www.cdcdevelopmentsolutions.org | MBAPrograms@cdc.org
 MBA Business Advisors
Asia & Eurasia
2008 - 2009 : 15 Business Advisors

Africa : 58 Business Advisors

Cambodia : 2
• Product Development
• Partner: PATH Laos : 1
Angola : 12 China : 1 • Small Business
Nigeria : 6
• Supplier Training Initiative • Environmental Services Strategy and
• Tourism Employment
• Partners: BP, Chevron, Exxon, Total, • Partner: Barefoot Power Portfolio Management
and Opportunities
AgLNG India : 8 • Partners: IFC,
Program Grassroots Business Fund
Equatorial Guinea : 2 • Business Development and
• Partners: World Bank,
• Supplier Development Initiative Advisory Ukraine & Central Asia : 1
Chemonics, LEAP Africa
• Partner: EG Liquid Natural Gas • Partners: IFC, Grassroots Business • Business Development and
Rwanda : 5 Fund Sustainability
Ethiopia : 1 • Business Development
• Solar Franchise System Development
Indonesia : 1 • Partner: CRDF
• Partner: KAGENO • Social Venture Capital Investment Vietnam : 1
• Partner: Solar Energy Foundation South Africa : 1 • Partners: IFC, Grassroots Business • Healthcare
Ghana : 3 • Handicrafts Development Fund • Partner: PATH
• Business Services Enhancement • Partner: Streetwires
• Partner: US African Development Sudan : 6
Foundation
Guinea : 2
• Agricultural Market & SME
Development
Latin America & the
• Business Services Enhancement • Partner: USAID, VEGA-Winrock Caribbean : 15 Business Advisors
• Partner: US African Development Swaziland : 4
Foundation • Handicrafts Development Bolivia : 1
Kenya : 4 • Partners: Gone Rural • Technical Assistance and Capacity Haiti : 2
• Business Development and Advisory Building • Business Development
Tanzania : 4
• Partners: IFC, Grassroots Business • Partners: IFC, Grassroots Business • Partners: HAS Haiti
• Micro-Leasing Program
Fund, Barefoot Power Fund CHF International
• Partners: IFC, Grassroots
Liberia : 1 Colombia : 1 Honduras : 1
Business Fund
• Development in the Housing Sector • Development in the Sports Industry • Healthcare
Uganda : 3
• Partner: Liberia Housing Corporation • Partner: Futbol con Corazon • Partner: CAII Honduras
• Supply Chain Management
Mali : 2 Ecuador : 1 Nicaragua : 3
• Partner: Barefoot Power, CEIHD
• Tourism Business Development • Agricultural Development • Business Development, Energy
Zambia : 1 • Partner: Organic Blooming
• Partners: USAID, GSTA • Business Services Enhancement Sector
Niger : 1 Guatemala : 6 • Partners: Agora Partnerships,
Program • Integrated Community Development
• Small Business Training • Partner: Solar Aid blueEnergy
• Partner: Helen Keller International Program
• Partner: Goldcorp Inc.

1420 K Street, NW | Seventh Floor | Washington, DC 20005

Main 202.872.0933 | Fax 202.872.0923 | www.cdcdevelopmentsolutions.org | MBAPrograms@cdc.org