Type | Global Development Implementers |
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Founded | 1964 |
Headquarters | Washington, DC |
Leadership | President and CEO - David Hartingh Chair - Wing Keith |
Field | Supporting Private Enterprise in Developing Countries |
Areas served | Worldwide |
Scope | Undertaken 25,000 short-term projects and 200 long-term programs in 137 countries. |
Website | iesc.org |
Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (formerly known as International Executive Service Corps) is an international economic development not-for-profit organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C. IESC was founded in 1964 by David Rockefeller, States M. Mead III, Frank Pace, Sol Linowitz, and other American business leaders. IESC has worked in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Eurasia, Asia and the Near East, and Latin America and the Caribbean.[1] Geekcorps is a division of IESC.[2]
IESC's stated mission is to improve living standards by strengthening private enterprise. Since its founding, IESC claims to have helped businesses create or save over 1.5 million jobs,[3] with projects serviced by a combination of staff, consultants and volunteers.[4]