There are promising new initiatives for overcoming marginality through inclusive business models, such as the “Creating Shared Value” approach, which means that when making business decisions on future products and allocations of investments, companies simultaneously consider what long-term values can be created both, for society incl. the poor, and for shareholders. The corporate sector should examine the opportunities as low risk/high return ventures. These business initiatives can achieve greater results when accompanied by donor supported public investments, such as infrastructure investments in marginal areas, access to improved seeds or livestock, health services, and nutritionally enhanced foods.