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5) Which countries and regions are included?
Since IFP works closely with the Ford Foundation’s overseas offices, the program is restricted to those countries and territories outside the United States where the Foundation conducts its field-based activities. The program began in November 2000 with four pilot sites. In Asia, the program was initiated in Vietnam. In Africa, the first competition was held in West Africa(Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal). In Latin America, IFP began in the Andean Region as Southern Cone(Chile and Peru). Russia was the final pilot site. The first 96 Fellows from these countries were named in 2001. In February 2002, 173 new Fellows from the pilot site countries and from India, China, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mexico and Guatemala were announced. During 2002, the program expanded to seven additional countries and territories: Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Mozambique, Palestine, Philippines and South Africa. For the selections in 2003, the program expanded to Thailand.

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