Recent decades have seen a growing involvement of major engineeringfirms in international developmentprojects. The world’s developing communities have become clients under a corporate portfolio that includes both mega-infrastructure undertakings and small projects that provide basic services to impoverished villages.
Some firms undertake service missions under their corporate social responsibility programs. Others have full-fledged international development divisions.
Some partner with non-governmental organizations to pursue development projects, while others serve as engineering contractors for bilateral and multilateral grant or loan agencies.