Private Sector Development in an Emerging World: Inclusive Policies and Strategies for the Formal and Informal Economy

book: Private Sector Development in an Emerging World

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2024

Private Sector Development in an Emerging World

Inclusive Policies and Strategies for the Formal and Informal Economy

Edited by: Diederik de Boer , Harald Sander , Katharina Friz and Antonella Anastasi

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111071251

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About this book

This book explores the interactions between private sector development, public policies and societal institutions with a strong view on contributing to sustainable and inclusive development in emerging countries.

The private sector is often praised as an engine of economic growth. This belief has led to significant efforts to promote private sector development in emerging countries. Development agencies prioritize private sector development and national governments are following suit, resulting in often huge incentives to stimulate and attract private investment.

However, private sector development is not a panacea for sustainable and inclusive development as the past decades have clearly shown. Economic growth, societal development and environmental sustainability are often in a sharp conflict; and more often than not economic growth has failed to improve the lives of all citizens.

This book examines the role the state and the private sector should play to benefit from the dynamics of business development, while ensuring that these benefits are shared broadly without jeopardizing sustainability. The views presented differ in detail, but the analyses and case studies presented share common themes, namely that the relative roles of state and private sector of should be balanced and that this particular balance should be based on the context of each country in order to make the private-public sector interaction work for all people.

Perspectives from around the world on private sector development strategies in emerging economies
Combines and contrasts academic and practitioners view points
Compelling case studies that challenge conventional wisdom

Author / Editor information

Dr. Diederik de Boer is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Business Development and Director of the Expert Centre for Emerging Economies of the Maastricht School of Management/ University of Maastricht. His research focus is on private sector development in emerging economies through issues related to value chains, CSR and industrial policy. He has led numerous projects in more than 40 countries in emerging economies. Before, he worked as a policy officer for the United Nations Development Program and the World Food Program.

Dr. Harald Sander is Associate Professor of Economics at MSM and a Professor of Economics and International Economics at TH Köln - University of Technology, Arts and Sciences, where he directs the Institute of Global Business and Society and holds the Jean Monnet Chair "Europe in the Global Economy", sponsored by the European Union (2014-17). His main research areas are economic integration, trade and industrial policies, and the macroeconomics of financial crises.

Dr. Katharina Friz works at the VDI Technology Center since 2023 as a consultant in research funding for the Federal Ministry of Research and Education. She completed her bachelor's degree in Economics (B. Sc.) at the University of Bremen in 2016. From 2017 to 2021, she worked as a research associate and PhD candidate at the Chair of Economics, esp. Innovation and Structural Economics at the University of Bremen and completed in 2019 a research stay at Jagellonen University in Poland. In 2022, she worked as an international project consultant at the Expert Centre for Emerging Economies at the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and was involved in projects in Sudan and Burundi.

Antonella Anastasi is a Project Consultant for the Expert Centre on Emerging Economies (ECEE) at Maastricht School of Management (MSM). She attained an MBA at MSM with specialty in International Business and Sustainable Development in June 2020, and holds two Master degrees from LUMSA University in Rome (Italy), in the field of international cooperation and international relations. Since 2019, she is coordinating, managing and monitoring TVET and higher education programs in developing countries, such as Sierra Leone, Sudan and Burundi. Her research interests include emerging economies, renewable energies, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, inclusive development, global value chain.

Reviews

"This book provides an intriguing kaleidoscopic overview on the critical role of private sector in emerging countries"

- Rose Ngui, Exective Director, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Diederik de Boer, Katharina Friz, Harald Sander and Antonella Anastasi Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I: Private sector development for an inclusive society
1 Private sector development for an inclusive society Diederik de Boer and Antonella Anastasi Open Access Download PDF	7
2 Political economy and private sector development: An overview of background features and recent research Kaj Thomsson Open Access Download PDF	23
3 Informal business practices: Exception or the norm? André Dellevoet and Stephanie Jones Open Access Download PDF	37
Part II: The role of policies and institutions
4 Industrial policy: Best practices for emerging economies Ha-Joon Chang Open Access Download PDF	63
5 Development of industrial policy in South Korea: The case of from rags to riches with lessons for newly emerging nations Kwan S. Kim Open Access Download PDF	69
6 Towards inclusive industrial policy: Taking stock of a debate in flux Harald Sander Open Access Download PDF	77
7 Inclusiveness and small businesses in emerging markets André Dellevoet and Stephanie Jones Open Access Download PDF	97
Part III: Skills, (Eco-) investment and innovations for private sector development
8 The role of innovation and R&D for private sector development: An evolutionary theory perspective Katharina Friz Open Access Download PDF	133
9 Vocational and skill training systems in India and Indonesia: A comparative analysis with an application to green sector skills Balakrishnan Chandrasekar, Rajiv Ranjan Thakur and Daru Setyorini Open Access Download PDF	143
10 Entrepreneurial universities in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and the Palestinian Territories: Impacting internal and external factors Huub L. M. Mudde Open Access Download PDF	161
11 Aligning the vocational curriculum with job and business opportunities in Ghana’s chocolate and cocoa drink industry Jeroen Van Wijk, George Boateng and Huub L. M. Mudde Open Access Download PDF	187
Part IV: Triple helix: Conceptual issues and practical applicationss
12 Technological informality as a development strategy: Iconic ikeja computer village at risk Henry Etzkowitz and John O. Adeoti Open Access Download PDF	207
13 Triple helix as model for driving innovation in emerging economies – what it takes Julius Gatune Open Access Download PDF	215
14 The triple helix model in the heterogeneous transitional Chinese economy: A comparative analysis of Zhejiang and Yunnan provinces Zhen Lu Open Access Download PDF	231
15 How triple helix ecosystems can support climate smart agriculture innovation uptake by farmers Hans Nijhoff and Meine Pieter van Dijk Open Access Download PDF	259
16 Triple helix model for rice value chain in Kenya Julius Gatune Open Access Download PDF	279
List of figures Open Access Download PDF	295
List of tables Open Access Download PDF	297
Author biographies Open Access Download PDF	299
Index Open Access Download PDF	305

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, students and practitioners of sustainable and inclusive development and private sector development strategies.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 306
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Coloured Illustrations: 26
- Coloured Line drawings: 4
- Tables: 28
- Coloured Tables: 2
Keywords: Private Sector Development; Industrial Policy; Innovation; Inclusive Growth; Sustainability; Political Economy

eBook

Published: December 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783111071251

Hardcover

Published: December 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783111070049