• The common country assessment are increasingly concentrated on issues regarding the realization of the MDGs
• Domestic PSD issues are relevant in two contexts:
  • As a root cause and possible solution space for MDG 1
  • As a part of the global partnership in MDG 8, or to help achieve other goals such as 6 and 7
• At this step, the focus is on determining whether domestic PSD potentially should be short-listed as a challenge and priority of UN development co-operation

Key questions

• Is economic growth driven by few sectors and commodity groups?
• Is unemployment a major issue?
• Do people have access to basic goods and services? Are there missing markets?
• Is the economy facing specific constraints to growth that involve private sector players?
• Are there broader development issues that could potentially be addressed through domestic private sector development?