Investing in a sustainable future

A magazine about the role of the private sector in developing countries

Private Sector and Development is a bimonthly magazine that compares the views of experts in different fields on issues relating to the role the private sector plays in the development of in the development of low-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.


Each issue includes between six and eight contributions on the same topic from researchers, private sector’s professionals from South countries.

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Editorial note, by Luc Rigouzzo, Proparco's Chief Executive Officer

It is imperative to develop a low-carbon economy in order to meet two major challenges that our societies will be facing over the next decade: how to guarantee an energy supply (under threat from the increasing scarcity of oil resources), and how to meet the climate challenge. It is likely that the combination of these two constraints will lead to a “new industrial revolution” where priority will be given to low-energy consumption and competitive solutions, thus paving the way for new growth strategies in numerous economic sectors. The fight against climate change does not constitute a brake to economic development. This has been fully grasped by many emerging countries, the first being China. A full-fledged sector of industrial activities has come into being in just a few years; Chinese and Indian companies have now become major global players in the wind power, photovoltaic solar energy and electric car sectors. In Africa – a continent facing a formidable challenge for energy growth – the most competitive solutions are often renewable energy solutions (hydropower, cogeneration, geothermal  >> Read more