Private Sector Development

LDP works with Governments to develop and take forward strategies for private sector development - focusing on the core role of Government to provide an enabling environment within which private sector led growth can occur. We assist Governments clearly to articulate the respective roles of Government and of the private sector in achieving economic growth; to develop strategies that are pro-poor - in particular in relation to issues affecting micro enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, and enterprises in the informal sector; and that address constraints on private sector development operating at both a national and local level.

Strategies for private sector development usually cut across many Government Ministries, departments and agencies. We assist Governments to address this institutional challenge, and develop tools for mainstreaming private sector development within Government policy-making and operations. This includes developing pro-private sector performance indicators to allow progress to be measured and objectively verified; assisting Government to embed pro-private sector policies within its resource allocation processes (eg the MTEF); and developing tools to enable prioritisation of expenditure within a limited resource envelope.

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