Amendment 0008 for the NOFO APS to Announce Winners and New Applicants (Final).pdf

Amendment 0008 for the NOFO APS No: 95332418N0002

NOFO APS Name: “PARTNERSHIPS with MCC Program”

The purpose of Amendment 0008 is to:

1. Announce an additional Window 1 application for Technical Area #5 (High Frequency

Monitoring Data), which was inadvertently overlooked at the time of submission;

2. Announce the applicants invited to participate in a co-creation session and Phase II application for Technical Area #1 Growth Diagnostics and Economic Policy Reform, Technical Area #3 Agribusiness in Niger, and Technical Area #5 High Frequency Monitoring Data;

3. Announce the applicants who submitted applications for Window 3, Technical Area #1 Growth

Diagnostics and Economic Policy Reform, Technical Area #2 Urban Growth Analysis and Urban

Management, Technical Area #3 Agribusiness in Niger, and Technical Area #6, Data Collection and Analysis in Sri Lanka;

4. Incorporate a chart showing applicants’ status in the various windows (see page 3); and

5. Remove Technical Area #6, Data Collection and Analysis in Sri Lanka from the APS. This technical area is no longer open for applications.

1. The following applicants submitted Concept Papers for:

a. Technical Area #5 High Frequency Monitoring Data, Window 1:

Portland State University, 1600 SW 4th Ave., Portland, Oregon, 97201 Mr. Evan

Thomas, PhD, PE, MPH | Associate Professor, Portland State University, evan.thomas@pdx.edu

b. Technical Area #1 Growth Diagnostics and Economic Policy Reform, Window 3:

Center for International Development at Harvard University, President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 600, Cambridge, MA 02138, Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development at Harvard

University, ricardo_hausmann@harvard.edu

c. Technical Area #2 Urban Growth Analysis and Urban Management, Window 3:

Arcadis U.S., Inc., 2101 L Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20037, Wojciech Jozewicz, Ph. D. D. Sc., Vice President, wojciech.jozewicz@arcadis.com

The Brookings Institution, Global Economy and Development Program, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036, Ms. Molly Sugrue, Senior

Development Officer, msugrue@brookings.edu

d. Technical Area #3 Agribusiness in Niger, Window 3:

Netafim Ltd, 10 HaShalom Road, 6789212 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Name: Mr. Frederic

DOLLON, Agronomist for West Africa, Frederic.Dollon@Netafim.com mailto:evan.thomas@pdx.edu mailto:ricardo_hausmann@harvard.edu mailto:wojciech.jozewicz@arcadis.com mailto:msugrue@brookings.edu mailto:Frederic.Dollon@Netafim.com

e. Technical Area #6, Data Collection and Analysis in Sri Lanka, Window 3:

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP, 7th Floor, Building 10, Tower B, DLF Cyber

City Complex, DLF City Phase II, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002, India, Mr. Pranavant, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP, pranavantp@deloitte.com

Urban Institute, 2100 M Street NW, Washington DC 20037, Mr. Yasemin Irvin-

Erickson, yirvin-erickson@urban.org

2. Applicants invited to participate in a Co-Creation Session and Phase II Complete Application include:

a. Technical Area #1 Growth Diagnostics and Economic Policy Reform:

Center for International Development at Harvard University, President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 600, Cambridge, MA 02138, Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development at Harvard

University, Email: ricardo_hausmann@harvard.edu

b. Technical Area #3 Agribusiness in Niger:

Kuli Kuli, Inc., 600 Grand Ave, Suite 410B, Oakland, CA 94610 USA, Lisa Curtis, Founder & CEO, lisa@kulikulifoods.com

c. Technical Area #5 High Frequency Monitoring Data:

Portland State University, 1600 SW 4th Ave., Portland, Oregon, 97201 Mr. Evan

Thomas, PhD, PE, MPH | Associate Professor, Portland State University, evan.thomas@pdx.edu

3. Remove Technical Area #6, Data Collection and Analysis in Sri Lanka from all sections in the

APS. This technical area is no longer open for applications.

MCC is looking forward to receiving applications for Window 4, which closes on May 31, 2018.

Organizations are invited to submit Concept Papers for any of the Technical Areas that remain open under the APS.

Jacqueline H. Naranjo

Agreement Officer

End of Amendment 0008 mailto:pranavantp@deloitte.com mailto:yirvin-erickson@urban.org mailto:ricardo_hausmann@harvard.edu mailto:lisa@kulikulifoods.com mailto:evan.thomas@pdx.edu

NOFO APS No: 95332418N0002 PARTNERSHIPS with MCC Program

1 Growth Diagnostics and Economic Policy Reform CFID Harvard

Arcadis U.S., Inc.

The Brookings Institution

3 Agribusiness in Niger Kuli‐Kili Netafim Ltd 4 DCLI in Tanzania and Cote d’Ivoire

AidData Westat, Inc.

Portland State University IMC Worldwide

MSI

LIRNEasia Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP Urban Institute

LEGEND:

Green = passed to Phase II (co‐creation/complete application) Red = did NOT pass to Phase II Black = not yet evaluated

Window 3 Technical

Area Program Description Window 1 Window 2

6 Data Collection and Analysis in Sri Lanka

Urban Growth Analysis and Urban Management2

5 High Frequency Monitoring Data