The Development Marketplace for Latin America and the Caribbean Region (DM LAC) is a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank and supported by various partners such...
The South Asia Region Development Marketplace (SAR DM) on Nutrition is a partnership between the World Bank, GTZ, Micronutrient Initiative, UNICEF, WFP, GAIN, and PepsiCo. The goal of the SAR DM...
The objective of the South Asia DM is to identify and fund innovative approaches for how to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS in the region. Persistent...
The Lighting Africa Development Marketplace seeks to catalyze the large scale and sustainable delivery of low cost, high quality, non-fossil lighting products and services in Africa, especially...
D-MADE will focus on one major theme: ENTREPRENEURSHIP. Diaspora members will demonstrate their ability to impact on the social welfare of local communities through profitable businesses, be...
The goal of this competition was to support innovative projects proposed by various organizations in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland.
Until recently, much of the focus on climate change responses has tended to be on reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, or mitigation. The importance and focus on adaptation, given that many...
The 2008 Global Development Marketplace (DM2008) was a grant competition held in collaboration with the Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) team of the World Bank, entitled “Sustainable...
Poverty is both a consequence and cause of poor health, nutrition, and high fertility. The illness of the family breadwinner leads to loss of income and unaffordable health care costs, sinking...
The winners of the 2006 Development Marketplace have been announced, with 30 innovative projects being awarded US$5 million for ideas that will provide concrete benefits to their communities by...
The marketplace provided an opportunity for finalists to share their ideas with jurors, funding agencies, World Bank staff, and the general public. DM2005 hosted 11 Knowledge Exchange sessions,...
The 2003 Global DM was held in December, 2003 at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC. 183 projects from 63 countries qualified as finalists from a pool of 2700 applications. 47 winning...
The second Global DM was held in January 2002. This marketplace received over 2,400 entries from 120 countries. After two rounds of rigorous assessment, an independent jury selected 39 winners who...
The first Global DM was held in 2000. It was a fully open competition with proposals originating from both inside and outside the World Bank. 43 winning projects shared the award pool of US$5...
