World Learning for International Development

World Learning for International Development (WLID) previously operated as the Delphi International Group. [1]

On its website WLID states that in the last 70 years it has "managed more than $650 million in programs funded by United States government agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State; multilateral organizations, including United Nations agencies and the World Bank; private foundations and corporations; and foreign aid agencies of other governments." [2]

"WLID's activities reach people and communities in more than 130 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Headquartered in Washington, D.C. with overseas offices in more than 20 countries, the WLID team includes over 450 professionals worldwide." [3]

Since November 2002, Pamela Lane Baldwin has been Senior Vice President for World Learning for International Development. Prior to this she held various US government positions and has 22 years experience working for USAID.

Delphi International Program

Since 1991, Dr. Peter Simpson has directed the Delphi International Program, a 24-person unit of World Learning for International Development that specializes in U.S.-based professional and student exchange programs. However, Peter Simpson has been employed with Delphi since 1986. He has also served as grants manager for multi-year development projects in Poland and the Balkans, funded by USAID and as Delphi's project manager of the State Department's EFL Fellow Program in Eastern/Central Europe, Russia, and the NIS. [4]

Projects

Delphi International Group was the biggest recipient of NED Funds for its work in Nicaragua.

Henry Quintero worked at Delphi International Group where he administered the La Prensa grants received from NED (he was also hired by International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in 1989 to assist in their election work in Nicaragua). (1,2) La Prensa is the spearhead of the anti-Sandinista media in Nicaragua. (3) Delphi also received grants from NED for Nicaraguan broadcast media, training and "civic education" and other projects to build opposition to the Sandinistas. (2)

Promoting independent media

In 2003, Dr. Ann Hudock produced the the report "Hearing the Voices of the Poor: Encouraging Good Governance and Poverty Reduction through Media Sector Support."

Staff

World Learning for International Development Management

• Pamela L. Baldwin – Senior Vice President - World Learning, Director - WLID
• Bonnie Ricci, Deputy Director for Programs
• Richard Burns, Deputy Director for Program Development
• Margaret Goodman, Government Relations Coordinator
• Larry Ekin, Communication and Outreach Coordinator

For biographies

Delphi International Program Staff

• Peter Simpson, Program Director – Delphi International Program
• Sandra Lee El-Haj, Deputy Program Director
• Marilyn Saks-McMillion, Senior Program Officer
• Blake Ballard, Program Associate
• Vladimir Spencer, Senior Program Officer
• Anne McCormick, Senior Program Associate
• Tia Ade, Program Officer
• Kristy Kinney, Program Associate
• Elizabeth Avery-Jones, Program Officer
• Anna McGlew, Program Associate
• Neal Lendenmann, Program Officer
• Marc Bonnenfant, Program Associate
• Liudmila Mikhailova, Program Officer
• Cari Hlousek, Senior Program Associate
• Angela Pellegrino, Program Officer
• Shontell Mason, Program Associate
• Christina Thomas, Associate Program Officer
• Nida Ahmad, Intern Associate
• Rebecca Gross, Intern Associate
• Reem Jafari, Intern Associate
• Josephine "Pina" Tenore, Intern Associate
• Angela Farquharson-Reid, Senior Accountant
• Khadija Hashemi, Accountant
• Marlon Love, Office and Resources Coordinator

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Contact

Delphi International Group
1015 18th Street, N.W.
Suite 1000
Washington DC
20036
Phone: 202-898-0950
Fax: 202-842-0885
Email: ps at delphi-int.org Web: http://www.worldlearning.org

External links

1. Holly Sklar, "Washington Wants To Buy Nicaragua's Elections Again," Zeta Magazine, Dec 1989. 2. Letter from Marc F. Plattner of NED, April 23, 1986. 3. John Spicer Nichols, "La Prensa: the CIA Connection," Columbia Journalism Review, July/Aug 1988.