Alliances Towards a Common Goal: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Rural Development In Latin America

This Brief explains the emergence of PPPs and explores specific experiences to draw out success factors and key lessons

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2014
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Agriculture, Economic Growth
Authors:
ELLA

Abstract

Over the last two decades there has been growing interest in Latin America for using public-private partnerships (PPPs) to catalyse rural development. This has come about largely in response to the failure of state and market-led models to reduce poverty amongst the region’s smallholders who today number around 14 million and account for the largest sector of poor people on the continent. Public-private partnerships represent a ‘third-way’, one which seeks to capitalise on the expertise and investment capacity of the private sector, while at the same time driving forwards pro-poor development goals. Governments across the region have implemented two kinds of partnerships to build bridges between companies and farmers: PPPs for agribusiness development; and PPPs for improving services for rural smallholders. These arrangements have produced interesting results, both in terms of improving market conditions and boosting the livelihoods of the rural poor. This Brief begins by explaining the emergence of PPPs in Latin America, before exploring specific experiences to draw out common success factors and key lessons for policy makers and practitioners working in other regions of the world.

Citation

ELLA. Alliances Towards a Common Goal: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Rural Development In Latin America. ELLA, Practical Action Consulting, Lima, Peru (2014) 9 pp.

Published 1 January 2014
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