1. New Perspectives on Strategies and Contributions from Developing Country Firms and their Interaction with Governments
ACADEMIC PANEL – Monday 21 August am – 1.00 pm – KP7
EADI-NORDIC Conference 2017, Bergen, August 21-23
Conveners:
Søren Jeppesen, Copenhagen Business School
Peter Kragelund, Roskilde University

2. The program Introduction, welcome and presentation of participants
1st Presentation & Discussion:
Doing Business in Zambia: Private Sector Development Policies and Firm-level Challenges among Local Agribusinesses and Suppliers to the Mines, by Peter Kragelund and Soeren Jeppesen
2nd Presentation & Discussion:
Understanding Development Effectiveness of State-Business Relations: A Research Agenda, by Jodie Thorpe
3rd Presentation & Discussion:
State-business relations in the tourist industry in Tanzania: Institutional and regulatory challenges, by Goodluck Charles Urassa
Summary discussion and conclusion of panel

3. Rationale
One-sided focus on the Private Sector as the Only Development Agent – Often Multinationals
The perspective from the LOCALLY OWNED Companies AND
The relations to the State as well (State-business relations)
SAFIC – Successful African Firms and Institutional Change project (Zambia, Kenya and Tanzania ) – see: projects/successful-african-firms-and-institutional-change-safic
Business, Markets and the State – Institute of Development Studies, UK: