Presentation outlines

• Introduction.
• Importance of PSD.
• PSD Southern Sudan context.
• GOSS Commitment.
• GOSS’s efforts toward PSD.
• Challenges .
• Recommendation.
 Introduction
• Nature and scope of private sector in
Southern Sudan.
• Private sector capacity.
 Importance of PSD
• Wealth creation
• Create job opportunity.
• Improve Physical Infrastructures.
• Expansion of Revenue.
• Alert government on economic policy’s issues.
• Enhance self reliance.
• Enhance innovation.
• Updates technology.
 PSD southern Sudan Context.
• Most of the business are Micro.
• Foreign owned.
• Poor governance.
• Weak Market system.
• High risk associated.
 GOSS’s commitment.
• Southern Sudan Interim constitution (40) (2)
(C).
• Join Assessment Mission 1,2,3.
• Mini Diagnostic analysis (W/B group).
• Creation of PSD Department at Ministry of
Commerce and Industry/GOSS.
 GOSS efforts toward PSD.
• Southern Sudan Private Sector Development
project(SSPSDP).
• Partners direct supports to private sectors e.g
UNCDF grant/soft loan to SUMI, BRAAC,
Finance Sudan and Equity Commercial Bank
Southern Sudan LTD,
• UNCDF/UNDP Project .
• USAID/GEMSS, GAP funding BPC/SSMDF etc.
Private Sector Development Project Slides.
 Challenges facing PSD Actors.
• Cost of creating enabling environment for the
sector is expensive.
• Lack of coordination among the actors.
• Absent of PSD strategy.
• Weak institutions.
• Insufficient resources to promote sector
support programmes.
 Recommendations
• Mobilization of huge financial resources in
order to address PS challenges.
• Development PSD strategy.
• Strengthen institutional capacity of PSD’s
actors.
• Public sector should spearhead PSD effort’s
coordination processes.