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1975 |
Chemonics International is founded in Washington, D.C., by the company's
first president, Thurston F. Teele. Its mission, then and now, is to
promote meaningful change around the world, helping people live healthier,
more productive, and more independent lives.
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1975 |
Landmark agribusiness studies in Cameroon and Kenya represent Chemonics’
earliest work, earning high praise from USAID, the company’s primary client.
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1977 |
Chemonics launches its first long-term effort for USAID, a rural economic
development project in Mali. The commitment to work in sub-Saharan Africa
has remained unbroken for more than 30 years.
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1977 |
The company initiates its first projects in Asia: one to improve financial
management and marketing for the Afghan Fertilizer Company and the other to
conduct an investment analysis for Thailand’s Board of Trade.
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1981 |
A large program, Egypt Basic Village Services, marks the beginning of a long
and fruitful relationship between Chemonics and the people of the Middle East.
This project also represents the company’s first major contributions to municipal
governance, finance, and infrastructure.
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1985 |
Within a decade of its founding, Chemonics is active on four continents and in
every field of international development.
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1988 |
The company adapts to rapid growth by establishing regional divisions to respond
to the priorities of individual countries and USAID missions. This decentralized
structure is still in place.
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1992 |
Chemonics collaborates with a group of local professionals to launch a
management-services affiliate in Egypt. This affiliate, Chemonics Egypt, is the first
and longest-lived of many partnerships Chemonics has formed to tap local expertise in
the service of development.
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1995 |
The company begins to serve transitional governments and nurture emerging markets
in more than a dozen former Soviet bloc countries. Chemonics specialists win praise
for groundbreaking work in privatizing banking, business, and land assets.
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1996 |
The Environment and Infrastructure Group, Chemonics’ first technical division, is
launched to leverage growing knowledge about urban and regional environmental issues.
In addition to USAID, the group works with a range of U.S. government agencies,
bilateral and multilateral donors, and public institutions worldwide.
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1997 |
In what was then the largest, most ambitious environmental management project in
USAID history, Chemonics sets out to tackle air pollution in Cairo and to reduce
the impact of industrial pollution on the health of Egyptians.
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1999 |
Chemonics sponsors “Propaganda and Dreams,” an exhibition of U.S. and Soviet
photography from the 1930s. The exhibition is part of a series of Chemonics
grants designed to highlight artwork that raises public awareness of international
development. A more recent project, “Secret Games” in 2001, featured efforts to
empower children in disadvantaged communities.
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1999 |
With a new shareholder structure that grants part ownership to senior managers,
Chemonics becomes an independent company.
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