The AED Leadership and Institutional Development Group supports effective leadership for change by developing individual and institutional capabilities; promoting enterprise development and microfinance programs; supporting sustainable energy development; fostering collaboration and the exchange of ideas; and promoting social responsibility.

Professional and youth development programs give tomorrow’s leaders the skills to be successful in a global economy and a pragmatic understanding of diverse cultural perspectives. Activities in the group’s four centers include capacity building to meet the development needs of nations through training and economic development assistance; educational and cultural exchanges; and leadership programs that advance social justice‚ promote public service‚ and enhance diversity.

Publications & Podcasts

Inspiring Citizens‚ Improving Communities: Successful Practices from a Community Action Program in Armenia

Nonprofit Leadership Development: A Select Annotated Bibliography

FIELDCasts: A Series of Interviews with FIElD partners‚ fieldsupportlwa.org/fieldcasts.

Powering and Empowering Development: Increasing Access to Electricity in Angola

Presentations & Events

Building Partnerships with Universities‚ Baghdad Forum for Iraqi and International universities, Baghdad‚ Iraq‚ January 2009

Challenges‚ Opportunities and Learning in Youth Microfinance‚ Washington‚ D.C.‚ September 2008.

Critical Issues

Where We Work

Regions around
the World

United States

Latin America & the Caribbean

Sub–Saharan Africa

Middle East & North Africa

Asia & the Pacific

Europe & Eurasia

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