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New Alliance for International Corporate Volunteerism
April 29, 2010The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and IBM signed a Memorandum of Understanding this week on a new Alliance for International Corporate Volunteerism (ICV). The Alliance establishes a self-sustaining ICV facility that will help private sector firms interested in international corporate volunteerism to organize and direct their efforts in ways that will best contribute to sound development outcomes. "The growing role of business in development activities illustrates how the nature of development cooperation is changing," said USAID Counselor James Michel. Full release.