PDG is a South African public sector consulting firm that supports decision-making in the public interest.
Their professional team is diverse, multi-disciplinary and highly qualified, covering the fields of public management, engineering, economics, evaluation, development finance, public policy, spatial planning, political science, environmental science, geography and social science.
PDG’s success is built on the foundation of over 30 years of consulting experience in providing quality advice and support to a wide range of government departments across all three spheres of government and other public sector stakeholders in South Africa and across the African continent.
PDG's core value offering is that of a mixture of high-level professional skills and experience that can be applied across a range of government processes and activities across several sectors.
THEY HAVE EXPERTISE IN: Economics, engineering, finance, planning social science & public policy
THEY OFFER THESE SPECIALIST SERVICES: Research, analysis, policy development, business processes,
planning, monitoring & evaluation, reporting systems
IN THESE DIVERSE SECTORS: Municipal services, infrastructure planning, public finance, social services, land, housing and transport & governance.
Their offering is organised into six practice areas:
PDG works in cooperative relationships with clients and partners to achieve successful outcomes in the public interest. They take pride in basing their strategic advice on empirical and quantitative analysis in combination with qualitative problem-solving approaches and participative stakeholder engagements. They have significant expertise in the development of tools and approaches to support this analysis – including planning processes, survey methodologies, data management tools, decision-making frameworks, spatial analysis tools, maturity models, and public finance models for financial planning and infrastructure investment planning.
