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Г-н Leon Comin
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Agricultural Expert
Страна:
Италия
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Subvention des intrants agricoles
Г-н Leon Comin
I see there are various types of PPPs, however the core of any possible PPP is business, otherwise the private sector would not get involved. Hence in most cases the very poor cannot be targeted directly by a PPP program, otherwise the program will fail.
So, how can the poor and the vulnerable take advantage from a PPP initiative ?
I think the very poor can actually get big advantages from PPP programs, although indirectly.
For instance : let’s imagine that in a certain place a PPP program creates an export trade channel for local agricultural produce. Of course that PPP program must follow the international trading rules, otherwise it is doomed to fail, but once the trading channel is there, the humanitarian projects - separately and independently from the PPP scheme - can organize the poorest smallholders in order to make them able to confer to the trade scheme some produce of suitable quality and at the right time. Furthermore, we can also reasonably imagine that after an export trade channel is open, more money circulates in the concerned area, so eventually a local bank decides to open several mobile tellers within the area. Of course the bank must follow the normal banking rules, otherwise it is doomed to fail, however also the rural poor and the humanitarian projects can take advantage of proximity banking services for financial inclusion and saving & credit schemes.
More in general, also the poor benefits from economic development, although he cannot participate immediately and directly in it.
Coming back to PPPs, I think what is really key is the decision-making process and the procedural rules. It is therefore important that a proper legislation exists in the concerned countries concerning PPPs, also by setting a specific Authority in charge of arbitrating, negotiating and controlling all the rules and procedures.