Our research focus area on Private Sector Development is concerned with shaping a competitive and dynamic private sector for sustainable growth.
The present era of globalization implies that the opportunities for the Global South is to stimulate and develop a private sector that combines the two goals of competitiveness and sustainability what is increasingly influenced by international standards and developments. For example, international agreements on trade and investment, but also on e.g. labour rights, inclusiveness and environmental protection, shape the extent to which the Global South governments can regulate local industries. But how the private sector is further development is influenced both by international organisations such as the World Bank, Multinational Corporations importantly the local eco-system.
The level of competitiveness of a region is determined by two layers. The first layer concerns core services related to health, education, security and infrastructure. The second layer focuses on five main cluster pillars: access to finance, research and development, sound policy, training institutions and advanced infrastructures. These two layers contribute together to the development of a sustainable private sector eco-system whereby the non-tangible aspects are included such as diversity, gender, entrepreneurial drive and ethics.
And development assistance from industrialised countries and international organisations, such as the World Bank, the UN and the OECD, also often includes funds earmarked for stimulating the local private sector, including Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Private Sector Development Research and Publications
The Bottom of the Pyramid and the Private Sector
de Boer, D., van der Linden, V., & Tuninga, R. (2012). The Bottom of the Pyramid and the Private Sector. In M.P. van Dijk & J. Trienekens (Eds.), Global Value Chains : Linking Local Producers from Developing Countries to International Markets (pp. 31-42). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_408877
Regulation of the Private Sector Involvement to Achieve Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Lessons from Five Ethiopian Cities
Mohammed, A., & van Dijk, M. P. (2017). Regulation of the Private Sector Involvement to Achieve Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Lessons from Five Ethiopian Cities. International Journal of Waste Resources, 7(4), 311. doi: https://doi.org/10.4172/2252-5211.1000311
Regulatory environment for private sector involvement in solid waste collection in Ghana
Oduro-Kwarteng, S., & van Dijk, M. P. (2017). Regulatory environment for private sector involvement in solid waste collection in Ghana. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 20(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEWM.2017.086026
Emergence and development of low-tech clusters: an empirical study of five Palestinian clusters
Sultan, S., van Dijk, M. P., & Omran, O. (2020). Emergence and development of low-tech clusters: an empirical study of five Palestinian clusters. EuroMed Journal of Business, 15(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/EMJB-07-2019-0100
Private sector participation in solid waste collection in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) by involving micro-enterprises
Tilaye, M., & van Dijk, M. P. (2014). Private sector participation in solid waste collection in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) by involving micro-enterprises. Waste Management & Research, 32(1), 79-87. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X13513826
The effect of increased private sector involvement in solid waste collection in five cities in Ghana
Oduro-Kwarteng, S., & van Dijk, M. P. (2013). The effect of increased private sector involvement in solid waste collection in five cities in Ghana. Waste Management & Research, 31(10 Supplement), 81-92. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X13496305
Private sector involvement according to European water liberalisation scenarios
van Dijk, M. P., & Schouten, M. (2008). Private sector involvement according to European water liberalisation scenarios. International Journal of Water, 4(3/4).
Editorial: Special Issue on Private Sector Involvement in Drinking Water Supply: The Experience
van Dijk, M. P. (2008). Editorial: Special Issue on Private Sector Involvement in Drinking Water Supply: The Experience. International Journal of Water, 4(3/4), 149-158.
DBA Research
Accelerating the adoption of electronic government through public-private partnership : The case of Indonesia in search of workable business models and mutual benefit arrangements between government and private sectors
Indrajit, Richardus Eko (2007)
