Julie Baird

Development Solutions

Development Solutions (DS) is a Mongolian NGO which implements business development programs throughout the country. Development Solutions works to: • Improve the quality of community life • Develop business capacity • Support environmentally-sound social and economic growth with innovative and result-oriented solutions. Development Solutions is based in Ulaanbaatar, 11 offices located in strategic locations throughout Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar, Baganuur, Zuunmod, Darkhan, Selenge, Erdenet, Bulgan, Choibalsan, and Ulgii. Since its inception in 2008, DS has successfully implemented USAID and USDA funded Growing Entrepreneurship Rapidly (GER) Initiative, a business development and employment support program. DS is currently implementing USDA funded 2-year Mongolian Agribusiness Support Program in partnership with CHF International, Supply Chain Development Program in partnership with EBRD and Energy Resources LLC, and Gobi Benefit, a small business development project in partnership with Oyu Tolgoi LLC.