More Investment for Sustainable Alternative Development/Ms Inversin para el Desarrollo Alternativo Sostenible (MIDAS)

The Government of Colombia (GOC) has undertaken an integrated effort that has substantially driven the illegal armed groups out of the more populated parts of Colombia, and the proposed effort will focus upon galvanizing strategic private sector response apacity to the economic growth opportunities and challenges associated with a healthier macroeconomic setting and an integrated trade/investment environment.

USAID/Colombias Agriculture and Alternative Development Office (AADO) under the Additional Investment for Sustainable Alternative Development Program (Ms Inversin para el Desarrollo Alternativo Sostenible (MIDAS) is one of the primary vehicles designed to address these issues.

The objective of MIDAS is to generate socioeconomic alternatives to illicit crop production by promoting market-driven, private sector-led business initiatives in pre-defined economic corridors throughout Colombia, as well as to enhance the competitiveness of the Colombian economy by promoting sturdier policy and institutional reforms to maximize the employment generation and income growth.