| Title | Public Private Partnerships in Pro-poor Agro-food Market Development |
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| Period | 01 / 2008 - 12 / 2008 |
| Status | Completed |
| Research number | OND1331227 |
| Goal The objective is therefore to develop analytical frameworks, methodologies and resources for partnership innovation between government, NGO s and business for pro-poor agri-food market development. In particular support the institutional arrangements and incentive structures for effectively combining public goods and private interest in public private partnerships (PPPs). Working with: In the Netherlands: DGIS, EVD, SNV, KIT, ICCO, Agriterra, Rabobank Foundation, TeamPro. In East Africa: numerous private sector companies, private sector and farmers associations, research institutes, NGOs (local and international), governmental bodies and donors. (Details can be provided if requested). Methods: The Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework in this research project aims at developing and implementing pro-poor strategies where the public good and private interests are linked into effective partnerships. Within the area of agriculture as driver for rural economic development, these PPPs aim at enabling and enhancing agricultural entrepreneurship, with pro-poor rural development as its final goal. Influential publications such as the recent World Development Report (WDR 2008) see an important potential in such partnerships in the rural agriculture sectors in the South. There is a clear and growing interest in such PPPs. In this program we see public actors in these PPPs in a broader sense: national/regional/local governments, public agencies such as universities and research institutes, as well as the multi- and bilateral donor agencies. Strengthening interaction and cooperation between the public and private sectors in development cooperation has become an international trend, demonstrated by many policy initiatives of the past years, and triggered effects on both the international and the national level. There are numerous reasons for the increased interests in PPPs, such as the limited governmental financial means require the mobilizing of additional resources; the hope among actors that collaboration with the private sector will lead to increased project sustainability and efficiency; large corporations being pressured to reply to societal concerns (CSR), and so on. Yet there are critical challenges as well to the development of PPPs, for instance that on a project basis it is often difficult to link the interests of the private sector (profitability and income maximization) with the public objectives of poverty reduction and sustainable development. Despite such challenges, PPPs are gaining ground and are already widespread in the utilities and infrastructure sector. But also more and more development-focused PPPs are being established in the rural development sector, with the increasingly opening of agricultural markets providing further potential. There are still a number of areas to be explored in relation to PPP and pro-poor development, such as: - What conclusions drawn from successful pro-poor (non-agricultural) and traditional PPPs can be used for successful PPPs in a broader sense, aimed at pro-poor development? - What is and could be the scope of the involvement of the private sector as being part of pro-poor development through the PPP framework? - What are the incentives for the private sector to link its private interest to the distribution of public goods, thereby enhancing entrepreneurship to stimulate rural pro-poor development? As experience has shown, PPP processes always need a careful planning and effective facilitation by multi-stakeholder partnerships. These partnerships consist of (groups of) actors that represent the PPP actors as well as its wider environment, and include among others government bodies, a range of private sector actors, civil society groups and non-governmental organizations. It is these facilitating partnerships, in relation to the pro-poor PPPs, on which this research will focus. Based on the above, CD&IC will first: - Identify the various types of PPP models, including their facilitating multi-stakeholder partnerships, in pro-poor development that do/do not work, and based on its context, determine why this happened (key success/failure factors) - Analyze public and private goods (and private interest) in relation to PPPs in pro-poor development Based on the outcome of these studies, CD&IC will then: - Identify the institutional incentives needed to stimulate the private sector to play a pro-active role in these PPPs - Develop, within CD&IC, capacities and means to successfully construct market-driven partnerships that will actively and effectively facilitate these PPPs in reaching their goals - Facilitate multi-stakeholder processes that will enable these partnerships to successfully start and grow, under the PPP umbrella - Develop appropriate means of capacity building methods, based on identified needs (e.g. workshops, Training of Trainers, curricula development etc.) - Facilitate dialogues in the policy-practice arena of PPPs, based on lessons learned - Contribute to policy development, based on practically oriented research with partners from the South. Results: Related to the six activities, the following outputs are expected: - Analysis of main conclusions: Scoping paper: background, key issues, examples, references, learning agenda, draft critical success factors and research questions - Intensive workshop with key experts: Based on discussion and elaboration with experts, agreed upon key issues, critical success/failure factors, and specific research questions are defined. These are described in Policy Brief no. 1. - Interviews with key stakeholders: The outcomes of the expert workshop (key issues, critical success/failure factors, and specific research questions) are tested in the field among stakeholders in East Africa. Using questionnaire and in-depth interview methods, results of the interviews will contribute to finalizing the research - Finalizing research: Steps 1-3 will now be concluded into a document that further sharpens the issues that lead to effective and successful pro-poor PPPs in agriculture. These are described in Policy Brief no. 2. - Policy dialogue workshop: An international Round Table workshop will be organized in East Africa, enabling dialogue on the conclusions of the finalized research. Exposure among regional key experts will lead to effective dissemination of results, and the possibility to make final adaptations to the work. - International seminar: A two-day international Seminar will be organized in Wageningen, where final conclusions and recommendations will be presented, as well as case studies (see 1.8: wijzigingen tov vorige versie: additional resources) and one official publication. Key note speakers, both national and international experts, will contribute to the seminar. The aim is to publish a book containing build around a) an Analytical Framework, b) Insights from experts, c) Case studies, and d) Conclusions and Agenda for development. The international seminar will also result in a Plan for action / Research program 2009, as well as the identification and allocation of additional funding sources for next phase (2009 and 2010). Update 2008: The project is coordinated by the WI/CDIC theme group Sustainable Agriculture and Value Chains . The project aimed at analyzing different types and categories of (desired) partnerships based on expert views of chain and market actors, as well as to work towards reducing the gap in knowledge, concepts and capacities that are needed to improve governance structures that enable PPPs to be organized. To arrive at this, the KB7 2008 project worked towards designing, testing and fine-tuning of such methods and tools based on the needs of PPP actors. Finally, also a basis for an international knowledge sharing alliance was developed. The 2008 activities paved the way for more focus in the knowledge-sharing activities in 2009. |
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| Secretariat | Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) (WUR) |
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| Financier | Department of Knowledge (EL&I) |
| Project leader | Drs. G.H. Nijhoff |
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| A20000 | Plant production and animal production |
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| D42200 | Social and public administration |
| D43000 | Economics |
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