"Much research has been done on the market-based approach to Business Development Services (BDS) for private sector development. In parallel, spurred by the urge to comply with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), donors and governments are putting more emphasis on economic growth with a pro-poor perspective. However, so far little work has been done on synthesising these approaches, i.e. on analysing to what extent BDS market development can be relevant to pro-poor growth."
