private sector
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sector of the economy run by non-state entities
Research
27,910 papers- Private sector healthcare in Bangladesh: Implications for social justice and the right to healthcare.Global public health · 2022
- Private Sector Engagement for Tuberculosis Services in Latin America: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
- How much do the public sector and the private sector contribute to biopharmaceutical R&D?Drug discovery today · 2022
- Engaging the private sector to increase access to HIV services and increase sustainability of the HIV response.BMC health services research · 2025
- Private sector quality interventions to improve maternal and newborn health in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- economic sector
- Part of
- national economy
- Has part
- business sector
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- topic's main category
- Category:Private sector
- opposite of
- public sector
- partially coincident with
- voluntary sector
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Encyclopedic overview
The private sector is the part of the economy which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government.
Employment
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