What We Do

The company’s work falls into four broad categories:

Policy support

We assist our clients to develop policies, which in the past have included:

national and municipal infrastructure investment and finance,
income, tariff and subsidy policies,
municipal performance management, and
municipal service regulation.

Strategic planning

We assist clients with strategic planning, including:

economic planning,
infrastructure investment and financial planning,
regulatory strategies,
development planning, and
environmental management.

Management Support

The company provides management support to clients, in, amongst others, the areas of:

public-private partnerships,
establishment of new business practices,
institutional and organisational transformation and corporatisation, and
financial planning.

Research

The company undertakes research in the fields of water and sanitation, infrastructure economics, and public finance. This emphasis on research makes PDG unusual for a private firm, influencing its work profile and the structure of its organisation. The professional staff is highly qualified and the company has established relationships with a number of universities.

The sectors in which we work are explained in our Practice Areas.

“PDG always fulfills perfectly on their objectives, that’s why we use them. I’ve worked with them for ten years and they get things done.”

PDG Client Survey, 2011

"PDG’s commitment sets them apart, their ability to be flexible in terms of time and still produce good quality work. I also appreciate their ability to translate information into such clear and simple terms.”

PDG Client Survey 2007

"They are very professional, respect their clients and value their work. They put so much in, they are so committed, they want to see it through.”

PDG Client Survey, 2011

"With others, the relationship ends with the project. With PDG we keep contact.”

PDG Client Survey, 2011

"The ability to deliver a quality product in a turbulent context in an engaging and stimulating way. …. If it wasn’t for their input the whole project would have collapsed – they were appointed at a very difficult time and their work ramped us up to another level.”

PDG Client Survey, 2011