Private sector development as poverty and strategic discourse
PSD in the political economy of EU-Africa trade relations
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 4782040 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Mark Langan (University of Stirling, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2011 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 83-113 |
| Data de publicação | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x10000662 |
| OpenAlex | W2082765108 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 9 |
| Referências citadas | 23 |
Private sector development (PSD) has emerged as a core component of donor strategies aimed at making free markets work for 'the poor' through assistance to business sector capacity in low-income states. PSD initiatives cannot be understood, however, as technical exercises aimed solely at promoting development through business competitiveness. Instead they serve as normative concessions through which developmentally questionable market-opening has been rationalised by donors in pursuit of lucrative commercial opportunities in emerging economies. Examining the European Union's (EU) PSD framework in bilateral relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states, the article examines the utilisation of PSD discourse in the 'development branding' of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). PSD discourse is seen to facilitate a 'double-veiling' of asymmetric ACP-EU trade ties via legitimising images of equitable market-opening and the trickle-down of business wealth to 'the poor'. Nevertheless, the reality of reciprocal trade structures combined with Europe's anaemic PSD resources bears little resemblance to the strategic illusions of PSD. In particular, the interventions of Europe's Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) in cotton and textiles sectors in East Africa are seen to have dubious outcomes for 'development' in ACP former colonies
Business · Economic growth · Economics · European union · General partnership · International trade · Market access · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Private sector · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · International Development and Aid · Labor Movements and Unions
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| Obras citantes distintas | 9 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,6 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 8 |