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International Development

Wise Counsel to a world in Progress.

Sagamore Institute was founded in 2004 by Jay Hein with support of then-US Ambassador to Germany Dan Coats. With roots deeply planted in America’s heartland, Sagamore’s scholar-practitioners have always sought to deliver wise counsel to a world in progress. 

As a think tank, ideas are our business. Sagamore built on this foundation by forming an expert network of fellows providing independent and innovative research and analysis to public and private sector leaders.

Liberia Rising

Liberia was a nation founded by the United States in 1821 as a place to send its newly freed Black slaves. Sagamore senior fellow Donald Cassell leads a portfolio of work to help Liberia achieve its full promise as the nation turns from post-war recovery to a thriving modern society.
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Israeli Palestinian Economic Forum

The Israeli Palestinian Economic Forum is hosted annually by the Integrated Business Roundtable. A unifying conviction among the Roundtable partners is that increased direct investment in high quality business enterprise is the sturdiest pathway to shared prosperity.
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Rwanda Case STudy

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Fellows & Partners

We engage in applied research—working alongside innovative practitioners, learning from them, and measuring the impact of ideas and theories put into practice.

Integrated Business Roundtable

The Integrated Business Roundtable (IBR) was launched in January 2020 to advocate for the shared prosperity of Israelis and Palestinians through an integrated economy and faith-inspired impact investing in Judea and Samaria.
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The African Model

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Thrive Farmers community stratetgies in central america

Thrive Farmers coffee company shares more revenue with Guatemalan farmers – allowing farming families to support themselves year in and year out. Their farmers see an average increase of 350% in their net income and often invest this new wealth in their communities.
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CEF Global Network Strategies

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We believe good business creates a better society. Sagamore operates an impact investing platform called Commonwealth to offer financial services to expand economic opportunity.

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