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How Private Sector Development leads to Pro-Poor Impacts: A Framework for Evidence

 
While various pieces of evidence on the results of private sector development (PSD) do exist, they have not yet been integrated in a systematic way to make a strong, research-backed argument for PSD as a core element of development strategies, and to highlight areas where more research is required.

This framework for evidence represents a structured approach to organise the available research on results in PSD. It is designed as a results chain which illustrates how PSD practitioners typically expect their work to lead to pro-poor impacts.

    • The available evidence for each link in the chain can be viewed by clicking on the blue arrows.
    • For a more detailed explanation of how the different types of PSD interventions can be expected to yield pro-poor impacts, click on one of the intervention-level boxes at the bottom.

    Suggestions of evidence for addition this framework are very welcome. Please e-mail the Secretariat BER leads to new firms being created or registered BER leads to increased turnover or profits Firms change behaviour when donors address market failures PPP changes firm behaviour/ leads them to invest more New firm creation or registration creates employment New firm creation or registration creates employment Job creation leads to poverty reduction Job creation leads to poverty reduction Increased productivity creates economic growth Economic growth raises income for the poor Firms increase productivity after changing their behaviour/ investing more Increased firm turnover/ profits lead to poverty reduction Increased firm turnover/ profits create economic growth Increased producivity leads to increased profit Increased firm investment leads to economic growth Firm creation and registration lead to higher productivity Increased investment leads to economic groth Increased investment leads to economic growth How BER leads to pro-poor impacts How market development leads to pro-poor impacts How PPP leads to pro-poor impacts Firms increase turnover/profits following behaviour change BER changes firm behaviour PPP leads to new firm creation/ registration Image Map