civil society is also assuming a more active part in shaping public policy,and private corporations are more concerned about demonstrating their social responsibility. The growing trend toward public-private partnering echoes changes in the roles of all these actor groups a broadening consensus on the shared responsibility of state and nonstate actors for public policy concerns, the concerns that potentially affect all
what makes a good or service public or private is its consumption properties whether it affects all or is available for all to enjoy. If regulated and monitored well,and perhaps if subsidized to some extent,public goods and services can be produced by markets while still retaining their public consumption properties.While public support will have to be greater for goods or services destined to serve the poor,even poverty reduction programs can be implemented through public-private partnering and incentive schemes that allow private actors to take the extra step of adjusting their behavior to generate social(public) benefits as well as adequate private returns