Resources for Promoting Private Sector Development
The three cities (Kumasi, Ghana; Mekelle, Ethiopia and Tabora, Tanzania) assisted under the Regional Partnership were a subset of the 11 cities in eight African countries designated as Millennium Cities. The Partnership worked with key public and private sector actors in each of these cities to identify promising opportunities for investment in productive enterprises. It also offered assistance in the form of capacity building of local staff and advice on appropriate business support services, and has focused on developing strategies and executing campaigns to target and win new investment in productive private sector enterprises.
In the course of this work, many tools have been developed to assist these and others cities in emerging markets with limited resources and experience in attracting inward investment, including the guides, tools and training materials below.
Guides and Tools
- Tools, Techniques and Resources for Investment Promotion
- Handbook for Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Medium-Size, Low-Budget Cities in Emerging Markets
- Guidance Paper on Evaluating Sustainable Foreign Direct Investment
- World Bank Group Investment Generation Toolkit
Presentations:
- Follow Up on Investment Promotion Events, Karin Millett/Rene Samek, August 2013
- Attracting Productive Private Sector Investment, Rene Samek May 2012
- Decision-making Process of Investors and Site Selection, Rene Samek, May 2012
- Developing an Investment Promotion Strategy and Action Plan: Understanding Your Location, Karin Millett, May 2012
- Edible Oil – the Case of Palm Oil, Joerg Simon, May 2012
- Image-building and Marketing Your Location, Rene Samek, May 2012
- Objectives, MCI’s Approach, City Investment Promotion, Joerg Simon, May 2012
- How to Prepare an Offer to Potential Investors, Rene Samek, March 2012
- How to Select and Approach Potential Investors, Rene Samek, March 2012
- What Do Investors Need to Make a Decision?, Rene Samek, March 2012
- Techniques for Attracting Private Sector Investment, Karin Millett/Joerg Simon, January 2012
- Attracting Private Sector Investment at the City Level – Mekelle, Karin Millett, May 2011
- SWOT Analysis Purposes and Guidelines, Karin Millett, May 2011
- Strategy Guidance Paper, Karin Millett, April 2011
- Tools for Targeting and Winning Investment, Karin Millett, April 2011
- City of Tabora: Workshop on Tools and Techniques of Attracting Productive Private Sector Investment, Karin Millett, Joerg Simon, Deo Msilu, January 2011