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Optimizing National Strategies and Policies
• Dr Eric A Kueneman
Main Points
• Strategic Planning vs Policy Decisions• The Development Engine Needs All Its Parts• The Right Stakeholders at the Right Time• Building in Risk Management• The Way Forward and the Need for
Investment to Match the Strategy and Policy
Strategic Planning vs PolicyStrategic Planning is about:
• what?• where ?• how? and How Much? Economics?• who?• when?• What is the needed enabling environment?• what other options
Strategic Planning vs PolicyPolicy is about:
• Rules and,• Setting the enabling environment to match
the strategic plan– Might provide incentives for diverse stakeholders– Might set prices and or modify
importation/exportation laws– Might be Regulatory
Strategic Planning vs PolicyThe Brazil example: Bio-energy Crops and Family
Farmers
• Strategy: Encourage family farms to grow bioenegy crops such as Castor bean and Sunflower
• Policy: Reduce drastically the taxes for processors on energy products derived from raw product coming from family farms.
Holistic Business Plans
• Most development opportunities will require strategies that include a full appraisal of needed infrastructure and inputs along the entire value chain.
• Significant investment is nearly always required for scaling up.
• Risk sharing is often necessary (policy considerations)
PartnershipsAlliance for Development
• Governments need to harness the knowledge, skills and “development energy” of the Private Sector and Civil Society partners.
• Institution-building including fora for dialog among stakeholdrs is important.
• Chambers of Commerce or similar can be good for a
• Regulation Policy must stay with Government
PartnershipsAlliance for Development
• A Brazilian Example:– Government created a shared vision with private
sector on bioenegry feed stocks from family farms.
– Local development institutions (including NGOs)– Petrobras, Banco do Brasil– Embrapa– etc.
PartnershipsAlliance for Development
• Sometimes the Private Sector is a main initiator of development innovations
Yara in Beira Corridor Initiative
Risk Managment
• Risk sharing must be part of the strategic plan and the policy framework, but best when specific to the situation.
• Will high sugar cassava’s add to risk?
Some thoughts on
The Way Forward• Cassava bioenergy system appraisals should
look at the entire production system• Decentralized chipping and drying will be
necessary; can this be done economically year round? Raw product transport –a challenge.
• Research is a must, but must be followed with strategic plans and investment
• Partnerships ...empowering the private sector
Thank You
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for your kind attention