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| About this website A resource for stakeholders |
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| The PPD Charter An implementation framework |
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| Lessons learned Selected synthesis papers |
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| The PPD Handbook Implementation guidelines |
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| Monitoring & Evaluation Tools, tips and papers |
Operational Resources Documents for PPD Projects |
| Case studies Learn from experience |
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| Online partnerships Selected dialogue websites |
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| 2011 PPD Workshop Supporting papers |
2010 PPD Workshop Supporting papers |
2009 PPD Workshop Supporting papers |
| 2008 PPD Workshop Supporting papers |
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| 2007 PPD Workshop Supporting papers |
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| 2006 PPD Workshop Proceedings and materials |
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Synthesis knowledge: Selected research papers This page presents a carefully chosen selection of recent research papers which synthesise experiences and lessons learned from public-private dialogue across different countries and settings.  Public-Private Dialogue for Sector Competitiveness and Local Economic Development: Lessons form the Mediterranean Region (pdf, 6498kb)A report produced by The Cluster Competitiveness Group, S.A. for the Public-Private Dialogue program of the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank Group, and funded through the Catalonia (COPCA) / IFC Technical Assistance Trust Fund; November 2011 This groundbreaking comparative study explores the influence of PPDs on local development and sector competitiveness. The report presents 20 case studies: 10 on the citrus fruit sector and the cruise industry in Egypt, Lebanon, Malta, Spain and Turkey, and another 10 in various sectors in one single region of Spain, Catalonia. Outlining the variety of results from PPD processes on sector-specific development and competitiveness both regionally for the Mediterranean and within a single regional jurisdiction, the report provides a set of design and implementation guidelines and advocates a new approach: Local Sector-Specific PPDs (LSPPDs). Making the Most of Public-Private Dialogue: An Advocacy Approach (pdf, 333kb)Kim Eric Bettcher, Center for International Private Enterprise REFORM Toolkit, May 2011 This toolkit aids business leaders who seek to improve their participation in dialogue for better policy results. The toolkit explains the role of advocacy strategy in dialogue, the principles of high-quality dialogue, the elements of effective communication, and steps to prepare for dialogue. Review of World Bank Group Support to PPDs - April 2009 (pdf, 1790kb) PPD Global Review Presentation (ppt, 1207kb)Independent evaluation commissioned by IFC and the World Bank. Consultant: Malcolm Toland; April 2009 This study aims to measure the results and effectiveness of the 2009 stock of country-level Public Private Dialogue (PPD) Forums sponsored by the World Bank Group (WBG) which focus on private sector development and financial sector policy issues. The assessment looks at the different implementation modes used and their associated risks, the degree of coordination with other WBG and development partner activities in the same country, and the level of global and regional support and guidance provided to these initiatives. FULL REPORT - PPD Impact Assessment - Vietnam Cambodia Laos(pdf, 3061kb) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - PPD Impact Assessment - Vietnam Cambodia Laos (pdf, 241kb)Independent evaluation commissioned by IFC and AUSAID. Lead Consultants: HR Inc, Cambodia; Field Support: MCG Management Consulting, Vietnam; Task Management and Supervision: Lili Sisombat, IFC MPDF/PEP China; Benjamin Herzberg, IFC SME Department, Geeta Batra, IFC M&E Unit; April 2007 An independent evaluation was commissioned by IFC and AUSAID to assess the impact of the Cambodia's Government-Private Sector Forum m (G-PSF), of the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) and of the Lao Business For um (LBF). The evaluation shows that significant reforms on trade facilitation, contract enforcement, regulatory transparency, access to land, tourism and tax can be largely attributed to the Business Forums. The evaluation also reveals that private sector savings from reforms processed through PPD in the Mekong Area amount $ 309.2 Million over the past five years. Presidential Investors Advisory Councils in AFRICA- Impact Assessment Study (pdf, 578kb)Independent evaluation commissioned by the World Bank. Consultant: Natwar Gotecha; May 2005 The objective of this study is to evaluate and report on the impact of the work of the three pilot Presidential Investors Advisory Councils in Ghana, Senegal and Tanzania, and the initial outcomes of the two new councils in Mali and Uganda. The study was conducted by a consultant through field interviews with council stakeholders. It assesses the council experiences to date, identifies lessons learned, relates them to other public-private mechanisms, and provides guidance on the future of the councils. Competitiveness Partnerships: Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate (pdf, 1095kb)Benjamin Herzberg & Andrew Wright; The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper Series, no. 3683., 2004 A resource drawn from the review of 40 countries’ experiences. The paper is designed to be used as a resource by donors, governments, or businesspeople who are interested in establishing, maintaining, or improving a competitiveness partnership in their country or region. It distills some ideas and techniques from best practice, offering a selection of valuable insights into how practitioners can avoid common pitfalls. The paper has three parts. Part One outlines what competitiveness partnerships can achieve. Part Two presents issues to consider when designing such partnerships, and Part Three identifies challenges that are frequently faced and strategies that have been used to overcome them. Competitiveness Partnerships: Implementing business
enabling environment programs through public-private dialogue (pdf, 195kb) is a shorter paper which summarises the findings of the Policy Research Working Paper.Presentation (ppt, 4.88mb) by Benjamin Herzberg to the Paris PPD workshop, February 2006.Checklist for practitioners (pdf, 32kb)Extracted from the World Bank Working Paper on Competitiveness Partnerships (available in full here), this concise four-page checklist allows stakeholders to quickly assess various aspects of a dialogue mechanism and identify potential problem areas. Reforming the Business Enabling Environment: Mechanisms and Processes for Private-Public Sector Dialogue (pdf, 415kb)Bannock Consulting Ltd, for DFID, Feb 2006 DFID Policy Division’s Investment, Competition and Enabling Environment (ICEE) team commissioned Bannock Consulting Ltd to examine how public-private sector dialogue (PPD) can support investment climate improvement. The consultants focused on DFID’s and the European Union’s field experiences with PPD processes and mechanisms in their private sector development programmes. The paper looks at dialogues spanning many continents, political and social systems, ranging from highly formal and structured to informal and ad hoc. It identifies success factors and lessons learned, and includes a helpful list of dos and don’ts for donors. Presentation (ppt, 481kb) by Richard Waddington of Bannock Consulting Ltd to the Paris PPD workshop, February 2006.How to Promote Public-Private Dialogue for Business Enabling Environment Reform (pdf, 130kb)A brief "how to" note extracting the practical lessons emerging from the larger Bannock Consulting review of DFID's PPD experience. Le Dialogue Public-Privé dans les Pays en Développement: Opportunités, Risques & Préalables (pdf, 959 kb)Public Private Dialogues in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Risks (pdf, 1698 kb)Nicolas Pinaud, OECD Development Centre, 2007 Based on an investigation into the conditions of public-private dialogue in sub-Saharan Africa, this paper aims to pinpoint institutional prerequisites - effectiveness of the bureaucracy, organization and maturity of the local private sector, political environment - for productive dialogue. Presentation (ppt, 123kb) by Nicolas Pinaud to the Paris PPD workshop, February 2006. Fostering Trade Through Public Private Dialogue (pdf, 232kb) UNCTAD, WTO, June. 2007 The International Trade Centre (ITC),the joint technical cooperation agency of the United Nations (through UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), in collaboration with the Trade Law Centre for South Africa (TRALAC) organized a Regional Experts Meeting for South African Development Community (SADC)2 on 11-12 June 2007 at Stellenbosch, South Africa focusing on the business implications of negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union and issues relating to regional integration. The main finding of the meeting is that fostering communications between business and government leads to devising negotiating positions in line with national needs and is inclusive of the real and concrete economic and commercial interests of the countries concerned.The European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF) - Public-Private Dialogue in Security Research Europa, Gateway to the European Union, Sept. 2007 Public-private dialogue in the field of security research is important to increase the security of infrastructures and utilities, fight organised crime and terrorism, help restore security in a crisis, analyse political, social and human issues related to security research and improve surveillance and border control. The European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF), is a forum for the development of a Public-Private Dialogue in the area of EU security research and innovation.Survey of Good Practice in Public-Private Sector Dialogue (pdf, 145kb) UNCTAD, 2001 A helpful distillation of some best practice in public-private dialogue drawn from experiences in several countries, with emphasis on SME promotion in the developing world. Especially valuable on identifying the conditions and culture which are conducive to dialogue and on discussing the role of private sector representative organizations. Policy Reform Lessons Learned: A review of economic growth related policy reform activities in developing countries (pdf, 502kb)USAID, 2007 Intended as a practical guide for development professionals with operational responsibilities for policy reform, this report casts a light on the importance of policy dialogue and open communication in managing the policy process. Participation Revisited: A Managerial Perspective (pdf, 238kb)Benjamin Crosby, USAID, Apr 2000 A philosophical and practical overview of the value and limitations of participation in formulating public policy. Discusses the costs and benefits of efforts to increase participation, identifies circumstances which are most propitious, and assesses some practical problems of expanding participation and strategies to deal with them. Promoting Competitiveness In Practice: An Assessment of Cluster-Based Approaches (pdf, 955kb)Mitchell Group, for USAID, Nov 2003 Looks at public-private dialogue from the angle of working with industry clusters rather than investment climate reforms which affect a countrys whole economy. Looks in depth at USAID experiences in Mexico and Mongolia and also draws on other country experiences to distil lessons for promoting competitiveness through clusters. Consultation with stakeholders in the shaping of national and regional policies affecting small business (pdf, 767kb)European Commission Enterprise and Industry Directorate General, Oct 2005 A valuable report on how policy makers in European countries consult with small businesses. It finds that since small enterprises constitute approximately 99% of businesses in all European economies, it is essential that the policy makers carefully listen to their opinions, involve them in the decision making process at an early stage and take their specific situation and their interests into account when developing new legislation and policies. Along with providing several interesting case studies, the report includes twelve recommendations addressed to national and regional governments on how to establish a more efficient dialogue with stakeholders and improve the consultation procedures. Annexes and consultation reports can be acessed here.  Institutions and State-Business Relations (pdf, 114kb)Dirk Willem te Wilde, IPPG Programme Office, University of Manchester, Nov 2006 This paper aims at measuring the key factors based on theory and practice assiocated with effective SBRs for 20 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1970-2005.The 20 SSA countries were scored over time on the basis of these factors and a composite SBR time series was calculated for each country.The findings are that first, higher scores are associated with faster growth ; secondly, the new measures correlate well with other governance indicators; and thirdly, they correlate with more operational investment climate data, such as fewer procedures when trading goods and services. Public-private partnership as a tool to consolidate social dialogue at the local level (pdf, 320kb)Carlien van Empel, International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization in Turin, May 2005 This thematic brief discusses the potential of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for the enhancement of Social Dialogue at the local level. Monitoring and evaluation of multi-stakeholder co-operation and partnerships in local economic development (pdf, 414kb)
Frans van Gerwen (Msc.), MDF Training & Consultancy, The Netherlands, and Lazar Nedanoski, MCIC, Macedonia, Oct 2005 Monitoring and evaluation poses particular challenges in PPD - not least because of the inherent tension between setting targets in advance and encouraging ownership of the process by stakeholders. These resources lay out some of the latest thinking on the subject. A valuable resource which looks at participatory and process-oriented approaches for monitoring and evaluation in public-private partnerships. It reviews lessons learned and looks at a case study from Macedonia. This is a draft paper prepared for the international conference on "reforming the business environment", held in Cairo in November/December 2005. Also available: a pdf of the presentation to the conference. Social Marketing Applied to Economic Reforms (pdf, 1.2mb)Alan R Andreasen and Benjamin Herzberg, July 2005 Social marketing uses the tools of commercial marketing to seek behaviour change. Awareness of the ideas and terminology can be a useful addition to the toolkit of PPD practitioners. This article discusses the principles of social marketing with reference to the efforts of the Bulldozer Initiative in Bosnia to change attitudes among entrepreneurs, legislators and the general public. Building the Capacity of BMOs: Guiding Principles for Project Managers (pdf, 1.8mb)Alejandro Alvarez de la Campa et al., Aug 2005 Business membership organizations (BMOs) can be a platform for promoting a better investment climate in developing countries - but they often need assistance to fulfil their role as private sector representatives effectively. This World Bank publication analyses the problems typically faced by BMOs and gives guiding principles on how to design, implement and evaluate a project aimed at building their capacity to become a strong and reputable representative of the private sector. Short introduction (pdf, 69kb) to the above report, prepared for Paris PPD workshop by Andrei Mikhnev, Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank/IFC Small and Medium Enterprise Department.Strengthening Business Membership Organisations, presentation (ppt, 600kb) by Andrei Mikhnev
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