Transforming the Development Landscape

Transforming the Development Landscape
Author: Lael Brainard
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2007-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0815711263

Private sector activity is crucial for development. It shapes the investment climate, mobilizes innovation and financing in areas such as global health, and can either cause or mitigate social and environmental harm. Yet so far, the international development debate has not focused on the role of the private sector. This volume—written by members of the private sector, philanthropic organizations, and academia—investigates ways to galvanize the private sector in the fight against global poverty. Using a bottom-up approach, they describe how the private sector affects growth and poverty alleviation. They also review the impediments to private capital investment, and discuss various approaches to risk mitigation, including public sector enhancements, and identify some specific new plans for financing development in neglected markets, including an equity-based model for financing small-to-medium-sized enterprises. From the top-down, the authors look at the social and environmental impact of private sector activities, investigate public-private partnerships, explore new perspectives on the role of multinationals, and discuss an in-depth case study of these issues as they relate to global public health. In addition to providing a broad overview of the current issues, this forward-looking volume assesses the action-oriented initiatives that already exist, and provides templates and suggestions for new initiatives and partnerships. Contributors include David DeFerranti (Brookings Institution), Timothy Freundlich (Calvert Social Investment Foundation), Ross Levine (World Bank), Sylvia Mathews (Gates Foundation), Jane Nelson (Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government), Alan Patricof (APAX Partners), Warrick Smith (World Bank), and Julie Sunderland (APAX Partners).

Creating Private Sector Economies in Native America

Creating Private Sector Economies in Native America
Author: Robert J. Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2019-10-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108481043

Looks at the underdevelopment of the private sector on American Indian reservations, with the goal of sustaining and growing Native nation communities.

The Private Sector in Public Office

The Private Sector in Public Office
Author: Yue Hou
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2019-09-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108498159

Examines how the private sector in China manages to grow without secure property rights.

Industrial Policy for the Sustainable Development Goals Increasing the Private Sector’s Contribution

Industrial Policy for the Sustainable Development Goals Increasing the Private Sector’s Contribution
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2021-09-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9264868070

How can governments support the private sector’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? This book investigates the contribution of firms to the SDGs, particularly through their core business, taking into account inter-sectoral linkages and global value chains, using novel techniques and data sources.

Attacking Poverty

Attacking Poverty
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780195211290

At the start of each decade the World Development Report focuses on poverty reduction. The World Development Report, now in its twenty-third edition, proposes an empowerment-security-opportunity framework of action to reduce poverty in the first decades of the twenty-first century. It views poverty as a multidimensional phenonmenon arising out of complex interactions between assets, markets, and institutions. This Report shows how the experience of poverty reduction in the last fifteen years has been remarkably diverse and how this experience has provided useful lessons as well as warnings against simplistic universal policies and interventions. It shows how current global trends present extraordinary opportunities for poverty reduction but also cause extraordinary risks, including growing inequality, marginalization, and social explosions. The World Development Report 2000/2001 explores the challenge of managing these risks in order to make the most of the opportunities for poverty reduction.

The Impact of Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure

The Impact of Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure
Author: Luis A. Andres
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2008-07-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821374109

Infrastructure plays a key role in fostering growth and productivity and has been linked to improved earnings, health, and education levels for the poor. Yet Latin America and the Caribbean are currently faced with a dangerous combination of relatively low public and private infrastructure investment. Those investment levels must increase, and it can be done. If Latin American and Caribbean governments are to increase infrastructure investment in politically feasible ways, it is critical that they learn from experience and have an accurate idea of future impacts. This book contributes to this aim by producing what is arguably the most comprehensive privatization impact analysis in the region to date, drawing on an extremely comprehensive dataset.

Entrepreneurial State

Entrepreneurial State
Author: Mariana Mazzucato
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 1783085215

List of Tables and Figures; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Thinking Big Again; Chapter 1: From Crisis Ideology to the Division of Innovative Labour; Chapter 2: Technology, Innovation and Growth; Chapter 3: Risk-Taking State: From 'De-risking' to 'Bring It On!'; Chapter 4: The US Entrepreneurial State; Chapter 5: The State behind the iPhone; Chapter 6: Pushing vs. Nudging the Green Industrial Revolution; Chapter 7: Wind and Solar Power: Government Success Stories and Technology in Crisis; Chapter 8: Risks and Rewards: From Rotten Apples to Symbiotic Ecosystems; Chapter 9: So.

Developing Best Practices for Promoting Private Sector Investment in Infrastructure: Power

Developing Best Practices for Promoting Private Sector Investment in Infrastructure: Power
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This five-volume set presents the findings of the ADB regional technical assistance study which developed sector-specific best practices for promoting private sector participation in key infrastructure sectors in ADB's DMCs. The best practices cover the role of government, institutional reform, strategic planning, legal and regulatory frameworks, unbundling and competition, contractual arrangements, sources of financing, and allocation of risk. Each volume is divided into two parts..

Competitiveness and Private Sector Development Competitiveness in South East Europe A Policy Outlook 2018

Competitiveness and Private Sector Development Competitiveness in South East Europe A Policy Outlook 2018
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2018-04-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9264298576

Future economic development and the well-being of citizens in South East Europe (SEE) increasingly depend on greater economic competitiveness. Realising the region’s economic potential requires a holistic, growth-oriented policy approach. Against the backdrop of enhanced European Union (EU) ...

Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption

Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption
Author: Sungsup Ra
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2021-05-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9811609837

This open access book presents contemporary perspectives on the role of a learning society from the lens of leading practitioners, experts from universities, governments, and industry leaders. The think pieces argue for a learning society as a major driver of change with far-reaching influence on learning to serve the needs of economies and societies. The book is a testimonial to the importance of ‘learning communities.’ It highlights the pivotal role that can be played by non-traditional actors such as city and urban planners, citizens, transport professionals, and technology companies. This collection seeks to contribute to the discourse on strengthening the fabric of a learning society crucial for future economic and social development, particularly in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease.