MBAs Without Borders
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MBAs Without Borders, a Division of CDC Development Solutions
, or "MWB" is a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization. The organization strives to contribute to the business and social development of developing nations through work rotations of MBA (Masters of Business Administration) accredited professionals.
, Finance
, and Income-Generation
. More recently MWB has also began working in projects that help combat climate change
or more broadly, the Environment
.
Within these sectors, MWB partners MBAs with local businesses, multinational corporations, and NGOs to foster trade with an emphasis on social development. MWB achieves this by having MBAs interact and train underdeveloped populations to better conceptualize, market, and implement their own local initiatives. This provides them the knowledge and tools to achieve a competitive advantage in a globalized marketplace, which in turn raises income and living standards.
Geographically, MWB is active in Africa
, South-East Asia
, South Asia
, Latin America
(including Mexico
), and the Caribbean
. Information regarding individual projects and initiatives can be found on the organization's website.
MWB is networked with 2500 MBAs and is also connected with over 400 MBA student and alumni networks worldwide. MWB uses this large network to advertise opportunities to volunteer in foreign nations.
CDC Development Solutions
CDC Development Solutions, formerly Citizens Development Corps, is a U.S. registered 501 Nonprofit Organization. CDS is an international NGO that leverages public, private, and volunteer resources to strengthen businesses, institutions, and governments in emerging markets in over 70 countries on 5...
, or "MWB" is a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization. The organization strives to contribute to the business and social development of developing nations through work rotations of MBA (Masters of Business Administration) accredited professionals.
Operations
MBAs Without Borders exports MBAs to developing nations to aid in projects relating to Healthcare, AgricultureAgriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, Finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
, and Income-Generation
Income
Income is the consumption and savings opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. However, for households and individuals, "income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interests payments, rents and other forms of earnings...
. More recently MWB has also began working in projects that help combat climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
or more broadly, the Environment
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
.
Within these sectors, MWB partners MBAs with local businesses, multinational corporations, and NGOs to foster trade with an emphasis on social development. MWB achieves this by having MBAs interact and train underdeveloped populations to better conceptualize, market, and implement their own local initiatives. This provides them the knowledge and tools to achieve a competitive advantage in a globalized marketplace, which in turn raises income and living standards.
Geographically, MWB is active in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, South-East Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
, South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
(including Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
), and the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
. Information regarding individual projects and initiatives can be found on the organization's website.
MWB is networked with 2500 MBAs and is also connected with over 400 MBA student and alumni networks worldwide. MWB uses this large network to advertise opportunities to volunteer in foreign nations.