Total market approach – better provision of basic services through intelligent market segmentation between private and public sectors

Many developing countries are still lagging behind in implementing the SDGs. In particular, they have difficulties providing their populations with basic public services, such as education or rudimentary health services.

This issue of “Development in Brief” presents the “total market approach”, which could help states to better provide basic services by getting the private and public sectors to work closely together and share tasks. The approach is not without controversy, but it has already been applied very successfully in some sectors.

Total market approach – better provision of basic services through intelligent market segmentation between private and public sectors(PDF, 75 KB, non-accessible)