DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES, INC.

WATER IQC

Integrated Water and
Coastal Resources Management

 

 

Development Alternatives, Inc.
CORPORATE PROFILE
Photo by Susan Pietrzyk, DAI

Located in Bethesda, Maryland, DAI brings 29 years of experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of economic development and natural resource management projects. Since its founding in 1970, DAI has implemented more than 1,400 projects in 139 countries, in the process becoming a leading, full-service contractor devoted exclusively to promoting development on behalf of public and private agencies worldwide. DAI's portfolio consists of 44 multiyear projects, including 10 projects supporting water and coastal resources management objectives. DAI also serves as the prime contractor on nine IQCs and as a subcontractor on seven more.

The firm employs 441 U.S. and foreign nationals worldwide, including the Bethesda headquarters staff of 168. Our headquarters maintains four technical groups neatly capable of providing expertise potentially required by this IQC: Environment and Natural Resources; Governance and Public Sector Management; Agriculture and Economics; and Finance, Banking, and Enterprise Development. Within these groups, 60 of our home office staff have advanced degrees and work experience relevant to the programmatic and cross-cutting areas of the IQC.


  The Water IQC is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development
Contract No. LAG-I-00-99-00017-00