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Published since 2009, Private Sector & Development (PS&D) is a half-yearly magazine that aims to get a better grasp of the mechanisms through which the private sector can contribute to the development of southern countries. In each issue, PS&D compares the views of authors in different fields: researchers, private sector’s professionals, development institutions or civil society. The idea of the Private Sector & Development magazine is to share know-how and best practices and boost sustainable development by encouraging private investment. The magazine spotlights the experience of Proparco and its private-sector partners.
This twenty-second issue of Private Sector & Development investigates the private sector’s role in financing the energy transition, exploring pathways for achieving the expansion that is so crucial for our future.
The last decade has seen the CSR spread across every continent, transforming businesses. The major international organisations have produced guidelines, norms and standards to provide the private sector with the relevant benchmarks and references.
Depuis le Forum mondial sur l’éducation de Dakar en 2000, des progrès considérables ont été réalisés dans l’accès à l’éducation, mais souvent au détriment de la qualité : classes surchargées, infrastructures vétustes, pénuries d’enseignants qualifiés, matériel pédagogique insuffisant...
Decent, affordable housing is crucial to development. It determines living standards; its location affects employment opportunities, while its mass construction can generate thousands of jobs.
This issue explores the benefits and the requirements of increased intervention in electricity production by the private sector. Developing efficient public-private partnerships would seem to be the best solution for confronting the major challenge of sub-Saharan Africa’s energy deficit.
