Comparative Case Analysis: Engaging the Private Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
Many public actors struggle to determine when and how to collaborate with the private sector for better long-term environment and climate outcomes. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks to share lessons from past experience to help build understanding so the Agency and its partners can maximize their efforts to foster economic growth while fighting the climate crisis and reversing biodiversity loss.
These case studies explore the challenges, successes, and emerging opportunities of four USAID activities in Latin America and the Caribbean engaging the private sector to achieve environmental, social, and economic objectives. Stakeholders from USAID’s Alianza Forestal (Peru), LandScale (Mexico), Regional Coastal Biodiversity Project (Central America), and Strengthening Energy Sector Resilience (Jamaica) Activities participated in key informant interviews to share their private-sector engagement (PSE) experiences and activity outcomes. These activities act as bridges between private-sector actors, facilitating collective action on large- scale environmental problems and playing an important role in building markets for sustainable commodities from forest products to solar power to mangrove honey.
