Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/110610 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
ÖFSE Policy Note No. 14/2015
Publisher: 
Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE), Vienna
Abstract: 
Private sector development (PSD) has taken on an increasingly prominent role in international development cooperation. This note argues that the private sector has to play an important role in sustainable economic and inclusive development but points out three concerns for effective PSD interventions: PSD is not a 'technical solution' but there are different theoretical approaches to the question which policies support a sustainable and inclusive private sector. There is no 'one' homogenous private sector but important interest conflicts and the interest of foreign firms should not be equated with the interest of the local private sector and national development concerns. A pro-development international policy environment in particular in the areas of trade and investment policies is crucial for PSD which stresses the importance of donors' policy coherence.
Document Type: 
Research Report

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