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DELIVERING DEVELOPMENT

Services by Ole Dahl Rasmussen

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Welcome to my company Copenhagen Development Advice. I provide consulting services 

with special expertise in private sector development, business promotion, and inclusive finance.

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Target clients are investors and companies focusing on low-income countries and impact, for example, through their supply chains or operations. Additionally, services are designed for development organisations like Danida, SIDA, World Bank, IMF, and IFAD.

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Maize processing in rural Burkina Faso adds value and creates jobs.

Why me?

​More than 15 years of experience in delivering development, including 10 years as a diplomat at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Danida, designing, quality assuring, and managing programmes of several hundred million euros.
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  • 8 years living and working in low-income countries: Uganda and Burkina Faso.
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  • Served on the board of financial institutions, chaired donor groups and worked closely with governments.
     

  • Special expertise in private sector development, investment, value chains, financial sector development and climate finance.  
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  • Proficient in French and English.
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  • PhD in Development Economics.

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More information at my LinkedIn page and in my CV (write me for an updated version). 

  • LinkedIn
Resources
CPHDA Briefing Note: Promoting Imports from Developing Countries into Donor Markets. June 2026
Donor import-promotion programmes connect developing-country suppliers to donor-market buyers, a clear case of mutual benefit. Evidence shows they lift exports. Examples include CBI, SIPPO, IPD, Open Trade Gate Sweden, Finnpartnership. Denmark has no equivalent body.

Mutual Benefits and Economic Theory: Footprint thinking. June 2026.
The note identified economic theory and thinking relevant for the mutual benefit agenda. Mutual benefits are indeed possible, but that not all benefits are created equal. A short-term transaction-based focus on (export) deals is less likely to leave sustainable development effects than a long-term perspective looking at the OECD-countries full development footprint. 
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