Development Assistance
Improving living conditions for the world’s poorest citizens has been a hallmark of CDM Smith since its earliest assignments in the 1960s. Today—bringing experience with development-funded projects in more than 100 countries—we deliver and manage water and sanitation, transportation, energy, facilities, environmental and disaster assistance project and programs.
We provide expertise to bilateral donors and multilateral development banks for the benefit of host country partners in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America. Our consulting, capacity building, program management, engineering and construction expertise helps alleviate global poverty through practical and sustainable solutions that foster economic growth, deliver sustainable infrastructure and strengthen institutions.
The importance of the work we do not only comes from partnering on critical infrastructure, but as important, from developing local capacity for sustained success.
See Our Work in Development Assistance
Meet Our Development Assistance Experts
Neveen Abdulghani
Protecting our Valuable Water Resource
Naveen combines her roles as an engineer and project manager-in-training to implement water supply and wastewater systems across Jordan and the Middle East. She has 14 years of experience in hydraulic modeling and designing water supply, stormwater, wastewater and irrigation networks.
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Abdelaziz Belherazem
Senior Project Manager
A doctor of engineering, Abdelaziz (Aziz) Belherazem is our senior project manager for development assistance in Europe and an expert in waste and resources management.
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Steve Lowry
Senior Program Manager
Steve, who joined CDM Smith with an opportunity to provide better water supply to those without, has more than 38 years of progressive civil engineering and water resources experience.
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