Conferences

These are the Donor Committee conferences:

DCED Seminar on Current Trends and Results in Private Sector Development

Thailand

17-20 January 2012 This Seminar provided the opportunity for experienced practitioners to update themselves on current trends in Private Sector Development (PSD). In particular it focused on results and how to measure them, including through the DCED Standard.

Conference: Business Environment Reform and the Informal Economy

South Africa

12-15 April 2010 This DCED conference examined the influence that business environment reform has on the informal economy in developing and transition economies.

Conference: Creating better business environments - African and global lessons for donors

Ghana

5-7 November 2007 Links to all of the various aspects of this Conference are given below. In particular, the draft BE Donor Guidance is now posted, and comments are invited from anyone, to the dedicated blog.

Conference: Creating better business environments - Asian and global lessons for donors

Thailand

29 Nov - 01 Dec 2006 This Conference was organised by the Business Environment Working Group as a regional consultative event. The Programme and major links are provided below.

Conference: Reforming the Business Environment: From assessing problems to measuring results

Egypt

29 Nov - 01 Dec 2005 Links to further information on this Conference are given below.

Conference on BDS in Asia

3-7 April 2000 This Conference was the last of five BDS Conferences organised by the Donor Committee.

Virtual Conference on Performance Measurement of BDS for MSEs

01 May - 30 Jun 1999 The Virtual Conference was launched by the Donor Committee to look particularly at measuring performance. It became more than this, however, as it provided a forum in which the emerging ideas about developing commercial service markets could be discussed.