Alternative examples exist of hybrid models involving partnerships between public institutions, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and private enterprises. This chapter focuses on initiatives that create economic value added in poor communities. Private enterprises are not merely philanthropic in intent; most require capital gifts or loans, and all involve public-private partnerships, NGO involvement, and/or community-based enterprises. Most are social entrepreneurial ventures with an aim to improve the well-being of various communities. Moral imagination is required to overcome the mental models that impede the development of partnerships between private and public organizations. Poverty alleviation programs may be targeted at particular groups such as farmers or women because resources are available to assist these communities. Often NGOs have a comparative advantage in the quality of the relationships they can create rather than in the scale of their programs or the size of resources they command.
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