Beyond sustainability in private sector development
Simon White | Private sector development can contribute to transformational adaptation and the regeneration of our ecologies and ecosystems.
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Circular economy innovation: organic pork in Vietnam
Simon White | Circular economy innovation. Governments can learn from private innovators and work with them to create a business environment that sets the market signals for a sustainable, circular economy.
The Challenge of Business Representation in Public-Private Dialogue in Jordan
Simon White | This article draws on lessons from Jordan in public-private dialogue. It highlights the challenge of representing informal business in formal dialogue processes.
Doing business with strangers and the drive to formalise: Lessons from the Solomon Islands
Simon White | This article looks at what the drive to formalise in the Solomon Islands teaches us about the formal economy and the need for reform.
Creating a climate-resilient entrepreneurial ecosystem
How can governments, business communities and others create a climate-resilient entrepreneurial ecosystem that provides the solutions we need?
The demand for climate resilience has never been greater. While governments are slowly acting to transition away from fossil fuels, the private sector is expected to step up and invest in green
How innovation can drive industry competitiveness
Simon White | Discover how innovation can drive competitiveness for private firms. Learn how a Horticulture Innovation Group in Vietnam has helped smallholder farmers diversify and thrive.
Helping businesses invest in skills development
Because the private sector creates the most employment globally, we need to pay attention to how we can encourage private businesses to invest in skills development. Private business owners must come to see how a more skilled workforce will improve productivity, business competitiveness and profitability.
Moving beyond workers as a
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 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
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
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
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.
Creating a virtuous system for local economic growth
Simon White | This article explains how to create a virtuous system for local economic development.
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