Nathan EME is at the forefront of the new thinking on Private Sector Development

Our key competencies cover business environment reform, trade and investment promotion, making markets work, and enterprise restructuring / privatisation. Our work has emphasised participatory approaches to development, through which the public and private sector supply different tools in the construction of programmes that support emergent companies and markets. Our overall focus remains on inducing the private sector to play its key role in the creation of investment and wealth, and ensuring that all segments of society are able to participate in economic growth.

We strongly believe that poverty reduction must be placed at the centre of private sector development. The rate of poverty reduction is crucially dependent upon the extent to which the poor have opportunities to participate and benefit from growth. This means that policies must go beyond simply promoting growth in and of itself. PSD strategies must ensure that the pattern of growth is not biased against the poor, and that the poor are empowered to take advantage of the opportunities that growth provides.

We are critically aware that implementation of reforms is often the most difficult component of change. In many settings and situations, the required reforms are well known and understood by many, but the lack of a consensus for change prevents reform from occurring. In these circumstances, we invest a considerable amount of time in developing reform promotion strategies.

We have undertaken PSD projects in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. A selection of recent projects in this area can be found below. For any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Selected Projects

Bhutan: Nathan EME was engaged by ITC to prepare an export strategy for the Kingdom of Bhutan.

Bulgaria: Nathan EME developed an FDI marketing strategy for the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy.

Commonwealth Caribbean: Nathan EME assessed export capabilities and opportunities in professional services and developed a strategy to increase export earnings.

Kenya: In collaboration with our Kenyan partner, Nathan EME is working to progress trade facilitation at Mombasa Port and other strategic locations throughout the country.

Nigeria: Nathan EME is currently managing a US$ 32 million project aimed at increasing the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises in several states.

Sierra Leone: Nathan EME is currently managing a £2.2 million project which aims to develop and implement a private sector development strategy in the country.

Ukraine: Nathan EME was contracted by DFID to manage a major project to improve the competitiveness of Ukrainian medium-sized enterprises.