How Business Environment Reform Can Catalyse Private Investment
Simon White | How targeted business environment reform can catalyse private investment, support climate resilience and strengthen private capital mobilisation.
Simon White
Living with Informality: What the Current Debates Mean for Practitioners
Simon White | This article reflects on current debates about formalising the informal economy. It examines fiscal pressures, one‑size‑fits‑all reforms, digital formalisation and politics, and argues for context‑specific approaches that link formality to real benefits for informal firms and workers.
Regulatory sandboxes – demand-driven business environment reform
Regulatory sandboxes let regulators test innovation safely while adapting rules. This article explores sandbox models, design lessons and business environment reform.
New frontiers in water policy and water rights
A changing climate and rising tensions over shared rivers are pushing water to the centre of development policy. This article explores new frontiers in water policy and water rights, from systems thinking and equity to blue/green water and transboundary governance.
Water services and the business enabling environment
Water services and the business enabling environment are deeply interconnected. In this article, I explain how reliable, climate‑resilient water systems shape private sector development, jobs, investment and the overall business‑enabling environment.
Beyond sustainability in private sector development
Simon White | Private sector development can contribute to transformational adaptation and the regeneration of our ecologies and ecosystems.
Circular economy innovation: organic pork in Vietnam
Simon White | Circular economy innovation. Governments can learn from private innovators and work with them to create a business environment that sets the market signals for a sustainable, circular economy.