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Simon White

Simon White is a specialist in place-based economic development, private sector and business development and business environment reform.

Australia support for private sector development

Australia's new International Development Policy sets a broad scene for private sector development

The new — and highly anticipated — Australian International Development Policy sets the scene for Australia’s future support for private sector development. While there is not a lot of detail on how Australian aid should work with the private sector or support private-sector development, it does contain some essential elements that

Promoting local SME participation in public procurement

Promoting local SME participation in public procurement

Promoting local small- and medium-enterprise (SME) participation in public procurement markets should be crucial in any government’s support for local economic development. I will never forget the experience of working in Glasgow many years ago in housing estates that contained extremely high levels of multigenerational unemployment. I remember meeting

Overcoming the barriers to SME participation in public procurement

Overcoming the barriers to SME participation in public procurement

Government agencies can take steps to overcome the barriers to small- and medium-enterprise (SME) participation in public procurement to enhance local employment and economic outcomes. Public procurement is an important source of market opportunity for businesses. It has been used to drive industrial development through government demand for industrial innovation

Investment

Local investment promotion agencies

Increasing attention is being given to supporting local investment promotion agencies to promote private investment for economic growth and job creation. While a national investment promotion agency, or IPA, builds on a country’s brand in foreign investment markets, a local agency works from the ground up. Local investment promotion

A theory of change for local government support for economic development.

Local government and economic development; a theory of change

Simon White | This article presents a theory of change for local government support for economic development.

local economic growth

Creating a virtuous system for local economic growth

Simon White | This article explains how to create a virtuous system for local economic development.

Reforms in Rwanda

How business environment reforms work; the case of Rwanda

Rwanda offers several important insights into how business environment reforms work and can lead to economic growth and poverty reduction. Often heralded as a positive example of African development, Rwanda is a unique country with many contested issues. This small, landlocked nation can only prosper through better access to regional