Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) is an umbrella group consisting of 17 volunteer economic development organizations. VEGA is usually contracted by United States Agency for International Development

United States Agency for International Development

The United States Agency for International Development is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas...

 (USAID) for specific project that involve one or more of the member organizations. The organization is headquartered in Washington, DC and has offices around the world in developing/transitioning economies where USAID operates.

Member organizations

These are all typically US-based, economic development NGOs.

• ACDI/VOCA
  ACDI/VOCA
  ACDI/VOCA is a private, international development nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C, United States...
  
  
• CDC Citizens Development Corps, MBA Enterprise Corps, and Tourism Development Corps.
• CNFA
• CQI Coffee Corps
• VITA EnterpriseWorks
• FSVC Financial Services Volunteer Corps
• FAVACA Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas
• EMDAP IIE/Emerging Markets Development Advisor Program
• ICMA International City/County Management Association
• IESC
  International Executive Service Corps
  International Executive Service Corps is an American private international economic development not-for-profit organization. Its head office is located in Washington, D.C. Geekcorps is a division of IESC. IESC was founded in 1964 by David Rockefeller, States M. Mead III, and other prominent...
  
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  Geekcorps
  Geekcorps is a non-profit organization that sends people with technical skills to developing countries to assist in computer infrastructure development...
  
  
• IRPF International Real Property Foundation
• ISLP International Senior Lawyers Project
• LOL Land O'Lakes IDD
• OICI Opportunities Industrialization Center International
• Partners of the Americas
  Partners of the Americas
  Partners of the Americas Partners of the Americas was inspired by President of the United States John F. Kennedy, who in 1963 launched the Alliance for Progress, a program of government-to-government economic cooperation across the Western Hemisphere...
  
  
• Winrock International
• WOCCU World Council of Credit Unions, Inc.