The document discusses three agendas related to engaging the private sector in development: 1) Private sector development focuses on domestic enterprise growth and value addition. 2) Private sector investment for development partners with developed country firms to link producers and suppliers. 3) Private sector finance for development leverages private financing for public and private investments. While private sector engagement could promote economic transformation, issues include additionality, impact measurement, stakeholder engagement, and balancing developmental goals with business interests. The organization is working on clusters, nutrition approaches, corridors, and emerging economies' effects on African agriculture.
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- M&E can influence learning, quality of work and outcome
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San Bilal, European Parliament, Policy Department and Committee on International Trade
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San Bilal gave a presentation on what is needed beyond "Aid for trade".
San Bilal, ECDPM
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European Parliament, Policy Department and Committee on International Trade
29 March 2012, Brussels
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Presentación en power point en inglés de la herramienta de la herramienta "The Inclusive Business Challenge: Identifying opportunities to engage low-income communities across the value chain // (El desafío de los negocios inclusivos: Identificando oportunidades para involucrar comunidades de bajos ingresos a través de la cadena de valor), desarrollada por el WBCSD. Para descargar la herramienta completa en http://www.wbcsd.org
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2. I. Outline of presentation
• Context
• Which private sector?
• 3 agendas in 1
• Implications and issues for development
policy
• What are we currently doing at ECDPM?
ECDPM
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3. Economic transformation, governance,
integration and trade for inclusive growth
• Until at least the mid-1990s, Africa had “inclusive,
sustainable, pro-poor, shared stagnation”.
• Growth necessary but not sufficient condition for
long-term development and poverty reduction.
• Need to be accompanied by economic
transformation where inclusive, sustainable, propoor, shared growth is key objective
• So what does mean? And how is it achieved?
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4. “We want to engage the private
sector…”
ECDPM
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5. “...and help our own…”
• UK: “bring private sector ideas, innovation
and investment into the heart of what we
do...”
• NL: “Dutch interests first, more so than in
the past....PPPs, business instruments and
economic diplomacy can lead to gains in
both commercial profit and poverty
reduction.”
• DK: ”… strategic priority in Danish
development cooperation to work for a
strong private sector…important that Danish
business participates actively..."
ECDPM
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6. Push factors: Fiscal crisis, job
cuts, aid squeeze & “value for
money”
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12. Three distinct agendas
• Private sector development
Old agenda: domestic, enterprise growth,
value-addition, exports, access to credit,
business climate, firm-level skills, industrial
policy etc.
• Private sector investment for development
New agenda: international, partnering with
developed country firms, offset risk, link
producers & suppliers
• Private sector finance for development
Input side – promote and leverage private
sector finance
ECDPM
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13. Assumptions – development
would happen if only…..
Private Sector Development
… developing country businesses were able to
startup and expand
Private Investment for Development
… there was a way to encourage more inwards
investment to link with the local private sector
Private Finance for Development
…there was a way to bring in more finance for
public investments and the private sector
ECDPM
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14. 1. Private Sector Development:
Issues
•
How to promote economic transformation, trade
and value-chain integration?
•
•
How to make credit accessible to firms?
•
What role for FDI and industrial policy?
•
How to make it “inclusive”?
•
Mixed results
•
Endogenous and exogenous firm conditions
•
ECDPM
How prioritise & implement reg. reforms?
The PE of economic reforms
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15. 2. Private Sector Investment for
Development
•
Less clarity on agenda and processes
•
What donor tools available? DFIs, ODA, non-ODA
•
What about tied aid/PCD?
•
From CSR to "core business model”
•
Defining the developmental
aspect/additionality/opportunity costs?
•
ECDPM
What do firms say?
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16. 3. Private Sector finance for
Development
•
About inputs – bringing in private finance for
development ends
•
Blending grants and loans & private sector finance
•
Public-Private Partnerships
•
Challenges
- PPPs need to be commercially viable
- Risk management and balancing
- Legal environment
- Capacity to use effectively
ECDPM
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17. If development is the ultimate
goal, then:
•
•
Need to identify the additionality of engaging
PS- trade-offs
•
Create better tools to measure & identify impact
•
Fully engage national and local governments
•
Improve stakeholder communication and
mutual understanding
•
ECDPM
Potential to find real synergies
Regulate expectations and understand the
mandate and capacity of the other
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18. What are we currently working
on?
•
Informal donor sessions
•
Cluster
•
Private sector approaches to nutrition
•
Development corridors
•
Emerging economies impact on African
Agriculture
ECDPM
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19. Questions for discussion
1. Do you agree with the distinction between
the three “agendas”?
2. What challenges are there to working on
this agenda? Is there a “good” versus “bad”
private sector?
3. What is the link between this agenda and
your programme/theme?
4. What are the key opportunities for the
future?
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22. Common interests (or at least nonconflictive)
•
•
•
•
ECDPM
Private Sector: Image and reputation, supply
chains, competition, consumer markets, “do
good”
Donors: financial crisis and decreasing ODA, value
for money, new positive grand narrative
Partner governments: employment creation,
raised productivity, inclusive growth, improved
business climate, new types of investment,
interest groups,
NGOs and CSOs: people centered business….
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23. Debate: Conflicting interests
•
The corporation as a “psychopath”
•
Profitability vs optimal developmental
outcome (people vs profits!)
•
•
Risk-sharing balance
•
Opportunity costs of finance
•
National ownership
•
National vs local conflicts
•
ECDPM
Tied aid, subsidies, PCD!
Impact assessments
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Editor's Notes
Decent job creation, social equity,integration into regional and global value chains, effective regional markets, diversification away from overreliance on natural resources, conducive trade and economic policies both on national and regional levels. Private sector is paramount to this!
Suddenly it’s all about the private sector
So this isn’t necessairly a new story, just one of donors trying to fit into something that is happening anywayAlso a story
So, when we are talking about engaging with the private sector, who do we mean?Business level:International,Large domestic,SMEs,Micro-household based,Multinational enterprises.State-owned enterprises,National monopolies,Informal traders,AssociationsBusiness models:"Raw" capitalism,Core business models,Base of pyramid/social businesses,Fair Trade ,Corporate Social Responsibility,People-centered business,Cooperatives Sectors:Agricultural smallholders,Large-scale agricultural producer,Manufacturers/processors,Export-led industries.Extractive sector firms.Service providersBusiness constraints:Credit access,Infrastructure, Capacity and education level , Business linkages , Labour regulations, Market exclusion, Business climate
The latter two can feed the first but not necessarily for finance…
Securing supply chains, competition with subsidised firms from BRICS, reputational risk among western consumers, expanding consumer markets in developing countries, and a desire to “do good”.
