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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.
There is no denying the healthcare progress made by developing countries. However, the sector needs additional financing to meet growing needs. What is the role for private investment?
The African banking sector, largely dominated by the European banks through to the late 1990s, is currently undergoing radical change. Regional operations are emerging – and steadily evolving into genuinely pan-African groups. These banks are deploying a more aggressive growth strategy.
Open dumping of waste presents a real threat to the environment and to human health and is commonplace in developing countries. Constrained by budget pressures, towns and cities in the southern hemisphere are struggling to deal with the proliferation of municipal solid waste.
Forests are important carbon sinks that play a vital role in maintaining the world’s ecological balances. However, population growth and urbanisation are intensifying pressure on forested land in the southern hemisphere.
Sub-Saharan Africa is about to undergo an unprecedented demographic explosion. The continent’s stability depends on growth in the agricultural and agro-industrial sector. Focus on this subject in the 13th Private Sector & Development magazine.
