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Overview

With an extensive network of leading experts around the globe and strong capabilities in-house, the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan is a unique and nimble research collaborator. For more than 25 years, WDI has engaged world-renowned faculty from the University of Michigan—one of the nation’s leading public research universities. Scroll down to see our Featured Papers and click here to read the articles making up our Debate Series. 

Through a blend of field-based experience and academic rigor, WDI partners with U-M and faculty from other top universities, as well as enterprising U-M graduate students, to strengthen businesses, universities and nonprofits in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). From the beginning, our work has embodied our founder’s mission of transferring business knowledge to decision-makers operating in LMICs.

Featured Work

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Demystifying Africa's Risk Perception Premium

Impact Report: Virtual Exchange from the Head of the Class

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Podcast: Is the American Corporation Doomed? 

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Report: Roadmap to E-mobility for the State of Chihuahua

INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Archoma Saresh Lohag (left) and Shabbir Mulla (right). LOCATION: Patan, Satara District, Maharasthra, India. CAPTION: Shabbir (right), from Dharma Life, talks to micro-entrepreneur Archoma (left). After being selected, micro-entrepreneurs receive frequent training and support from the social enterprise to ensure they are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to sell each product.

How Gender Lens Investing Works for Both Business and Society

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Estimating costs and benefits of new vaccine technologies from the perspective of both buyers and sellers

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