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Private Sector & Development #24 - Air transport, a vital challenge for Africa
Air transport in Africa still does not count for much on a global scale. However, strong GDP growth, the continent’s fast-growing urbanisation and the expansion of the middle classes – who want to tra...
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Private Sector & Development #25 - The african insurance sector: building for the future
This edition of Private Sector & Development looks at the opportunities and obstacles facing insurance in Africa and presents analyses prepared by a number of sector stakeholders (insurers, researcher...
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Private Sector & Development #26 - African ports: gateway to development
This 26th issue focuses on the African port sector. The magazine features analyses provided by experts from ISEMAR, SETRAG, Jeune Afrique and AFD, to get an insight into this rapidly growing sector th...
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Private Sector & Development #27 - Vulnerabilities and crises: what role for companies?
Over two billion people throughout the world are currently living in countries in which development is being stymied by situations that are rife with conflict and violence. The growing number of both...
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Private Sector & Development #1 - SME financing in sub-saharan Africa
The private sector is a powerful tool for the development of poor countries. It is both the main engine for growth and job creation and an intermediary for public policy, in particular thanks to publi...
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Private Sector & Development #2 - How can the private sector help provide access to drinking water in developi...
We have decided to devote this second issue of Private Sector and Development – a bimonthly magazine that compares the opinions of Proparco’s community of investors with those of academic experts and...
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Private Sector & Development #3 - What balance between financial sustainability and social issues in the micro...
The overarching virtue of microfinance is that in recent years it has managed to demonstrate that it is not only possible and necessary to implement services tailored to the poorest – it can also be p...
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Private Sector & Development #4 - What are the economic and social impacts of the mobile phone sector in deve...
In most South countries, the mobile phone sector has developed – under the impetus and supervision of public regulatory authorities – via the private sector. A considerable number of developing countr...
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Private Sector & Development #5 - Africa s financial markets a real development tool
This fifth issue of the magazine Private Sector and Development makes a comprehensive review of developments (recent and future) on Africa’s financial markets. It also highlights their utility and the...
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Private Sector & Development #6 - Private equity and clean energy: how to boost investments in emerging market...
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...
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Private Sector & Development #7 - Should tourism be promoted in developing countries?
For over half a century now, tourism has been constantly expanding and at an even faster pace than international trade. This trend would today appear to be irreversible; the World Tourism Organization...
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Private Sector & Development #8 - The mining sector an opportunity for growth in africa
Often considered as being on the sidelines of globalization, Africa has during the 2000s benefited from continuously increasing investment and become a fully-fledged player as a result of the boom in...
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Private Sector & Development #9 - What role for the private sector in African railways development?
“Without the railroad, the Congo is not worth a penny”, declared the famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley at the end of the 19th century. More than a century later this quote still resonates with the...
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Private Sector & Development #10 - Cement, confronting ecological responsibility and economic imperatives
As the 21st century gets underway, development institutions are facing a major moral dilemma. Should they be supporting a cement sector that produces such significant amounts of CO2 when their core mi...
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Private Sector & Development #11 - Technical assistance, a development tool serving the private sector
Consultancy and support are an important component of the service that development finance institutions provide to businesses in emerging and developing countries, particularly in Africa. Small and me...
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Private Sector & Development #12 - Can private equity boost African development?
In just the last decade or so, private equity has carved out a new territory for itself in sub-Saharan Africa. For the region this is a fantastic opportunity to attract new investors whose funds are e...
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Private Sector & Development #13 - Development initiatives for sub-Saharan agriculture and food production ind...
Sub-Saharan Africa is about to undergo an unprecedented demographic explosion: in 40 years its population will triple and the ratio of urban to rural dwellers will be reversed. Today, and even more so...
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Private Sector & Development #14 - Utilising, developing and preserving forests: finding the balance
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...
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Private Sector & Development #15 - Waste: the challenges facing developing countries
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 hemisp...
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