Working with the Private Sector

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BPD is a world-wide network of partners involving government, business, civil society and donors. BPD Learning Our Focus Working with the Private Sector
	Working with the Private Sector A lot of the rhetoric around public-private partnerships (PPPs) focuses on what multi-nationals can and cannot bring to development issues. Yet the private sector is far more diverse than this; for many poor people, access to clean water and safe sanitation is through informal or formal smaller-scale private providers. The water and sanitation community is slowly coming around to this reality and is having to assess what it means for utility operations, investment strategies and community mobilisation. This focus area deals both with the large-scale private sector (including multi-national operators) and smaller providers (best represented by the entrepreneurs who provide water and sanitation where others do not). Key BPD Documents on Working with the Private Sector Access through Innovation (Practitioner Note) \| Full Report Many millions of poor households obtain their water and sanitation services from informal entrepreneurs, who are largely ignored by water sector decision-makers. This paper looks at what is at stake and how proactive engagement with entrepreneurs could help. Transaction Advisors' Workshop Many PPP arrangements set in stone many of the terms of engagement for delivery partnerships at a very early stage. This report looks at how those designing the transaction can take this (and poor communities) into account. Benefits for Business through Partnership Aimed at companies in formal PPP arrangements, this short note gives an overview of some of the main benefits (and challenges) of multi-sector partnerships. Private Sector Workshop Report Viewpoints, experiences and recommendations from private sector representatives from eight multi-sector partnerships, brought together by BPD.		BPD's Learning Links BPD Learning Home Document Library Case Studies Focus Areas Why Partnership Approaches? Forming, Maintaining and Evaluating Partnerships Innovative Utilities The Role of NGOs and Communities Working with the Private Sector Sanitation Partnerships Partnerships and Regulation Influencing Policy through Partnerships Other Links Small-scale independent providers - work by BPD