For decades, Pact has supported communities in their development journeys. Our commitment is stronger than ever.

Without a doubt, the challenges that the global development community faces today are unprecedented, and Pact’s experience is no exception. For years, we have proudly partnered with the U.S. government in its most critical international development efforts – to improve health care and health security, to bolster emerging economies, to foster peace and democracy, and more. The past six months have tested everyone connected to the mission of improving lives in places where foreign assistance is vital. 

Despite the enormity of the changes to our landscape, much remains consistent. For Pact, which directly served more than 2.8 million people last year, our commitment to local communities striving to take charge of their futures is strong. They continue to be our guiding star, and we remain a steadfast partner in their development journeys. 

Pact’s vision is thriving, resilient, and engaged communities leading their own development. To achieve this, we build solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven, and owned by the communities we serve. We bring vast expertise and local knowledge in the areas we have worked in for decades, including health, livelihoods, the environment, energy, governance, responsible mining, and capacity development. 

Our approach remains focused on community-led development and on strengthening local people, organizations, and governments so that eventually our work will no longer be necessary. Indeed, in 2024, our targeted efforts improved the performance of more than 160 partner organizations, and we successfully helped nearly 50 transition to receive direct donor funding. 

We continue to implement some of the U.S. government’s most vital health work, including a global effort that is making strides against HIV among children, mothers, and infants in countries where care is needed most. In Zambia, we are improving health outcomes through lifesaving, high-quality, client-centered HIV, TB, and maternal, newborn, and child health care. In Ukraine, we are strengthening local capacity to tackle HIV. With support from other funders, including the private sector, we continue to lead programming that grows economies in Myanmar through renewable energy, fosters supply chains for responsible mineral production in Ghana, Tanzania, and elsewhere across Africa, and more.

Yet we are also evolving. Among other efforts, Pact is helping to usher in a new era of focus on evidence and impact by deploying cost-effectiveness analysis, and we are leveraging our deep expertise in government and international development to advance a comprehensive policy and advocacy portfolio. Institutionally, we are diversifying our support by building new partnerships with philanthropies and private sector funders who share our vision of advancing sustainable and impactful development programs. 

• Strengthening our sector’s focus on evidence and impact. We recognize the importance of cost-effective approaches – ones built on data and evidence and that empower local communities. Funders and implementers must intentionally select strategies that yield the greatest impact – depth and scale – per dollar spent. Yet today the development system is not designed to do this because of lacking evidence, management systems, and incentives. Pact is currently working to pilot cost-effectiveness analysis, or CEA, an analytic framework that will meet the needs of all actors and increase the impact of every dollar spent in a manner that reduces waste and prevents inefficiency. 
   
• Bolstering our focus on policy and advocacy efforts. We are working with the broader development community to build a sustainable next chapter that ensures ongoing impact. Pact is pursuing a comprehensive strategy that leverages our deep expertise – on the mechanics of government and in the practice of development – to drive pragmatic, results-oriented advocacy campaigns supported by targeted, high-impact communications activities. We will support policymakers to reimagine U.S. international development leadership in the new political climate.   
   
• Diversifying and strengthening our funding and partnership approach to enable Pact to sustain and deepen impact. The disruption to the global development community has created new opportunities to engage with foundations and corporations, as well as individuals who are passionate about issues that we care deeply about. We have also expanded our advisory services in key areas that help organizations to operate as effectively as possible, from organizational and supply chain strengthening to risk assessments and independent evaluations. We are ready to expand our work with industries including critical minerals, energy, health care, financial services, food, beverage, and agriculture, and durable goods. 

Our path to impact is evolving, but our mission to sustainably improve lives stands firm. As we look ahead, this is what drives us. Pact is facing the future with fortitude, hand in hand with our many partners, especially local communities that we have proudly served for more than 50 years.