Public Policy Journal

Public Policy for the Private Sector is a journal on public policy innovations for private-sector led and market-based solutions for development. The journal is sponsored by the Rapid Response team and is open to submissions. 

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Private infrastructure: competition, regulation & market structure (multisector)
Private infrastructure: finance and subsidies (multisector)
Private infrastructure: water
Private infrastructure: energy (oil, gas, electricity)
Private infrastructure: telecommunications & information technology
Private infrastructure: transport (airports, seaports, rail, roads)
Private provision of health and education
Investment climate and globalization
Impact of privatization
Future of the aid industry

10 most recent issues


No. 319   Doing Privatization Right: What It Takes to Maximize Gains in Low-Income Countries
No. 318   Reform Teams: How the Most Successful Reformers Organized Themselves
No. 317   Privatization Trends: A Record Year in 2006
No. 316   Entrepreneurship: New Data on Business Creation and How to Promote It
No. 315   Financing Innovation: How to Build an Efficient Exchange for Small Firms
No. 313   Entrepreneurship: How Much Does the Business Environment Matter?
No. 312   Self-Dealing: Sneaking Corporate Value through the Back Door
No. 311   Public-Private Partnership Units: What Are They, and What Do They Do?
No. 310   Phasing Out Subsidies: Recent Experiences with Fuel in Developing Countries
No. 309   Managing National Parks: How Public-Private Partnerships Can Aid Conservation

Latest issues

Public Policy JournalDoing Privatization Right: What It Takes to Maximize Gains in Low-Income Countries. A recent study examining privatization results in four Sub-Saharan African countries yielded that privatization is not easy to do, and its benifits are not equitably distributed across stakeholders.

Public Policy Journal Reform Teams: How the Most Successful Reformers Organized Themselves. Combination of skills, access, and resources gave countries the clout to steer an ambitious reform agenda.

Writer's Guide

Editorial policy and style guide for submissions. (PDF, 22KB)