"Assesses a new 'tournament' approach promising improvement on the performance of conventional foreign aid methods, where beneficiary groups compete to achieve the best implementation of a particular project. Evaluates performances, sustainability, time frames, and costs of recent applications....

Introduction -- Increasing U.S. competitiveness by improving knowledge creation and technology diffusion -- Workforce development -- Supporting supply chains and small and medium-sized enterprises -- Sustainability and the future of the Institutes -- Key points made by presenters during the...