The WDI Board of Directors has named Jagadeesh Sivadasan, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, to succeed Wendy Taylor, who recently announced her departure, as interim President. The Board will initiate a search for a permanent WDI president
Medical conditions aren’t limited by borders, but that’s not the case for the equipment to diagnose and treat them. Clinics and medical centers in East and West Africa often struggle
“Team Building for Results” is a new, seven-week online team-building program created WDI’s Education team. WDI recently completed a pilot program for 91 college-aged social entrepreneurs from six countries participating
Navigating business relationships, particularly cross-cultural ones, can feel like moving through a minefield. But it doesn’t need to be that way. On Nov. 16, WDI will host a candid and
WDI, in collaboration with Economic Development of Juárez and the US-Mexico Foundation (USMF), convened a week-long visit for 15 senior leaders in business, technology, academia and government from the State
Essential agricultural workers and their families in Mexico may soon have access to additional healthcare and hospital services, thanks to one doctor and his team’s efforts to expand services at
How does an educator convene a global classroom across a dozen countries, numerous cultures and differing perspectives? Sometimes, it’s better to instead let the students set the pace. WDI’s Education
Puneet Goenka always wanted a career in which he could improve people’s lives. As an undergrad at the University of Michigan, he studied cell biology with an eye on the
When leaders at Pacific Adventist University (PAU), based in Papua New Guinea, wanted to add more entrepreneurship undergraduate courses last year, it turned to WDI’s Education team and its Entrepreneurship
WDI designed an innovative virtual exchange program using modern technologies to give students an exciting real-world learning experience.
Sally Stephens, the Feb. 12 WDI Global Impact Speaker and chief business officer of Medicines360, the only nonprofit pharmaceutical company with a marketed product in the U.S., sat down for
The Global Health Supply Chain Technical Assistance (GHSC TA-TZ) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), aims to strengthen Tanzania’s health supply chain systems across different disease
This article was originally published on NextBillion. By Andrea Bare, Senior Advisor for WDI and Erika Beidelman, Research Associate for WDI In sub-Saharan Africa, the private sector is a common provider of
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