Supporting a Better Local Business and Investment Climate – AN OVERVIEW – SIMON WHITE Strategies...
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Supporting a Better Local Supporting a Better Local Business and Investment Business and Investment
ClimateClimate– – AN OVERVIEW –AN OVERVIEW –
SIMON WHITESIMON WHITE
Strategies and Practices Toward a More Strategies and Practices Toward a More Enabling Business and Investment Enabling Business and Investment
Climate in AfricaClimate in Africa
The context and relevance of sub-The context and relevance of sub-national reformsnational reforms
The main sub-national BIC actorsThe main sub-national BIC actors Common sub-national reform issues and Common sub-national reform issues and strategiesstrategies
Challenges when working at sub-Challenges when working at sub-national levelsnational levels
Context and relevance Context and relevance of sub-national reformsof sub-national reforms
GlobalisationGlobalisation National trade boundaries have become more National trade boundaries have become more porousporous
Protection and subsidisation of national Protection and subsidisation of national industries is reducedindustries is reduced
Growing importance of localitiesGrowing importance of localities Decentralisation of government services Decentralisation of government services and accountabilityand accountability National governments have recognised the National governments have recognised the importance of sub-national authoritiesimportance of sub-national authorities
Regional developmentRegional development Measures taken by national government to Measures taken by national government to balance development across urban and rural balance development across urban and rural areasareas
Growing urban centres, declining rural Growing urban centres, declining rural hinterlandshinterlands
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENTLEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTCreating the national policy and legal environment within a macroeconomic setting
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTCreating provincial policies and laws within the national framework
LOCAL GOVERNMENTCreating local policies and laws within national and provincial settings
IMPLEMENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION
‘‘The King’s rule The King’s rule always stops at the always stops at the
commune gate’commune gate’
– – Vietnamese proverbVietnamese proverb
Who are the main sub-Who are the main sub-national BIC actorsnational BIC actors
Sub-national government authoritiesSub-national government authorities Local/villageLocal/village Provincial/regionalProvincial/regional Elected officials and employed staffElected officials and employed staff[Political interests and executive interests][Political interests and executive interests]
Local business membership organizationsLocal business membership organizations Chambers of commerce, business associations, Chambers of commerce, business associations, informal sector associations, sector informal sector associations, sector associationsassociations
Local development agenciesLocal development agencies NGOs, civil society organizationsNGOs, civil society organizations
Local educational institutionsLocal educational institutions Schools, universities, technical training Schools, universities, technical training agenciesagencies
Trade unions and other workers’ Trade unions and other workers’ organizationsorganizations
Local mediaLocal media
Common sub-national Common sub-national reform issues and reform issues and
strategiesstrategies
Common sub-national reform Common sub-national reform issues and strategiesissues and strategies
Benchmarking local BICsBenchmarking local BICs Creating competition among sub-Creating competition among sub-national authoritiesnational authorities
Business regulationBusiness regulation Business registration and licensingBusiness registration and licensing Health and working conditionsHealth and working conditions Factories and industrial safetyFactories and industrial safety
Reducing local red tapeReducing local red tape Creating one-stop-shop facilitiesCreating one-stop-shop facilities
Land use planning and Land use planning and enforcementenforcement
Industrial districts, residential Industrial districts, residential areasareas
Home-based businessesHome-based businesses Street tradingStreet trading Environmental protectionEnvironmental protection
Spatial initiativesSpatial initiatives Economic zonesEconomic zones
Addressing local informal Addressing local informal economyeconomy Reducing costs to formalityReducing costs to formality Improving benefits to formalityImproving benefits to formality Enhancing organization and Enhancing organization and representation of informal representation of informal operatorsoperators
Creating managing agents and Creating managing agents and opportunities for self-opportunities for self-regulationregulation
Local and regional planningLocal and regional planning Economic development planningEconomic development planning Housing planningHousing planning Social development planningSocial development planning Infrastructure planningInfrastructure planning
Local and regional economic Local and regional economic developmentdevelopment Assessing local/regional economic Assessing local/regional economic opportunities and constraintsopportunities and constraints
Managing local/regional economic Managing local/regional economic development projects and programsdevelopment projects and programs
Local economic development programs and Local economic development programs and processesprocesses
Industry incentives and attractionIndustry incentives and attraction Local enterprise developmentLocal enterprise development
Promoting social dialogue at the local Promoting social dialogue at the local levellevel Business and government forumBusiness and government forum Participatory planning and development Participatory planning and development processesprocesses
Creating and strengthening local Creating and strengthening local institutionsinstitutions Public, private and community agenciesPublic, private and community agencies
Creating and strengthening local-Creating and strengthening local-national linkages to improve:national linkages to improve: Information flows (top-down and bottom-up)Information flows (top-down and bottom-up) Coordinating initiativesCoordinating initiatives Harmonization of policies, programs, laws Harmonization of policies, programs, laws and regulationsand regulations
An An enterprise enterprise societysociety
Challenges when working Challenges when working at sub-national levelsat sub-national levels
Limitations on political power at the Limitations on political power at the local levellocal level
National interventions can undermine National interventions can undermine local innovationlocal innovation
Limitations on political will at the Limitations on political will at the local levellocal level
Engaging key stakeholders in a Engaging key stakeholders in a continuous process of reformcontinuous process of reform
Going beyond formal proceduresGoing beyond formal procedures How sub-national authorities can operate How sub-national authorities can operate in a strategic manner, facilitating the in a strategic manner, facilitating the inputs of many local stakeholdersinputs of many local stakeholders