Simply negotiating good trade policies is not enough to secure equitable and sustained economic growth. There is also a clear need for the implementation of a whole set of related macroeconomic policies and support for the private sector. The limited success of structural adjustment programmes has also highlighted this need.  Providing such policies and support enables developing countries to reap the benefits of trade liberalisation and integration into the global economy.  Similarly, it is important to focus on local economic development (LED). Improved conditions for economic growth and employment can be created when the public, business and non-governmental sectors work together.

Imani Development has been employed in projects relating to economic policy at national, provincial and local government levels. These include:

• critical assessments of macroeconomic policy; of the role of the private sector in national economies; and of sectoral policies such as transport and education
• assignments in LED in Eastern and Southern Africa, the Pacific and less developed areas of the EU
• an analysis of the opportunities for social and economic infrastructure development in Mozambique