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Promoting Private Sector Development

The DCED promotes economic opportunity and self-reliance through private sector development (PSD) in developing countries. It is the forum in which donor and UN agencies share their practical experience of PSD, and agree guidance on good practice. It is also the leading source of knowledge about PSD.

Recent DCED Events

  • The DCED organised a global Seminar on current trends and results in private sector development, with about 100 participants from 32 countries, representing 54 different organisations, field programmes and governments. Speakers presented the practical experience of major PSD programmes in Asia, Africa and Latin America – including value chain development, trade promotion, business environment reform programmes and challenge funds. Follow the Seminar, and comment on it, under the Twitter hashtag #DCEDSeminar.

Other DCED News

  • The MasterCard Foundation has joined the DCED as a new member organisation. It is the first foundation to join the expanding, more formalised DCED - representing an important trend in coordination and learning among different types of donors.


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      Last update: 25 January 2012

      Quick Links to Member Agencies

      • Austrian Development Agency
      • Agence Française de Développement
      • The Australian Agency for International Development
      • Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
      • Canadian International Development Agency
      • Danish International Development Agency
      • UK Department for International Development
      • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
      • International Development Research Centre
      • International Fund for Agricultural Development
      • International Finance Corporation
      • International Labour Organization
      • Mastercard Foundation
      • Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
      • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
      • Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
      • Organisation for European Economic Cooperation
      • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
      • Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
      • United Nations Development Programme
      • United Nations Industrial Development Organization