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RTI International issued the following news release:
On Friday, December 5, more than 250 individuals from El Salvador's government, academia, and the private sector joined the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to celebrate the launch of "Proyecto de USAID para una Educacion Productiva " (in English, "USAID Project for Productivity through Higher Education").
The $22 million project - implemented by RTI International - will run through 2019 and aims to improve higher education in El Salvador to boost Salvadoran competitiveness and economic growth. The project contributes to El Salvador's Partnership for Growth Presidential Initiative (PFG).
Senior leaders and officials from USAID and the Salvadoran government and private sector provided messages of support for the initiative, including:
Mark Lopes, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID/LAC
Francisco Marroquin, National Director of Higher Education, Ministry of Education
Juan Francisco Martinez, President...