Mapping private sector engagements in development cooperation /

The literature on the private sector’s involvement in development points to the increasing linkages between development cooperation actors and the private sector. [...] Researchers identified the following forms of resource flows: from development cooperation actors to the private sector; from the private sector to development cooperation actors; bi-directional flows—exchanges between development cooperation actors and the private sector; and co-directional flows—instances where development cooperation actors and the private sector jointly provide a resou [...] The literature on the private sector’s involvement in development points to the increasing linkages between development cooperation actors and the private sector (Nelson 2011; Byiers and Rosengren 2012; Kindornay and Reilly-King 2013). [...] This research report seeks to unpack the roles of the private sector in development cooperation through an examination and mapping of the ways in which development 1 cooperation actors are engaging and collaborating with the private sector. [...] Private sector development Private sector development refers to the activities traditionally supported by development cooperation actors, national and local governments, and investors and the private sector themselves.