Private sector development advisory
Private sector development advisory for investment-led SME growth
Frontline Development Solutions supports development partners in designing and implementing practical programs that connect SMEs, value chains, finance, policy, and institutions.
- World Bank Group
- IFC
- GIZ
- ADB
- UNIDO
- ILO
- IFRC
- Swisscontact
- ACET
The practice
Frontline works with multilateral and bilateral institutions, consulting firms, public agencies, and private sector partners on private sector development, SME and value chain finance, women entrepreneurship, access to finance, business development services, market systems, and policy implementation.
The firm is led by Deepak Adhikary, a senior private sector development advisor with more than 45 years of experience across Africa, Asia, MENA, the Pacific, and Latin America.
Where Frontline works
Finance and investment
Designing practical approaches that help SMEs and value chain actors become more finance-ready and connect with banks, investors, lead firms, and development finance mechanisms.
Value chains and sectors
Using sectors such as agribusiness, tourism, water, mining corridors, renewable energy, light manufacturing, and digital entrepreneurship as platforms for SME growth and job creation.
Policy and institutions
Helping public agencies, development partners, forums, and delivery institutions move from policy and strategy to implementation, monitoring, and follow-up.
What we do
- Private sector development strategy and implementation support
- SME and value chain finance, including finance-readiness pathways
- Women entrepreneurship and inclusive enterprise development
- SME policy implementation and public-private dialogue
- Business development services, CEFE, coaching, mentoring, and action learning systems
- Industrial innovation, digital transformation, green recovery, and sector-based job creation
Track record
Principal consultant
Deepak has worked with the World Bank Group, IFC, GIZ, ADB, UNIDO, ILO, IFRC, Swisscontact, ACET, and other institutions. His earlier roles include leading the IFC South Asia Enterprise Development Facility, a US$45 million multi-donor advisory program covering Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Northeast India; senior World Bank Group roles in operational learning and delivery effectiveness; and long-term GIZ advisory work on SME policy, entrepreneurship, and institutional capacity building.
For assignments that require practical links between SMEs, finance, value chains, policy, and implementation.
Contact Frontline Development Solutions.