Document Type

Article

Article Version

Post-print

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

While investigating the role of business and accepting that profitable partnerships are the primary solution for poverty alleviation, we voice certain concerns that we hope will extend the authors’ discourse in Alleviating Poverty through Profitable Partnerships. We present a model that we believe can serve as an effective framework for addressing these issues. We then establish the imperative of inclusive growth. Here, we engage with the necessity of formulating strategies that focus on the pace and, importantly, the pattern of economic growth, including its social and cultural dimensions. We also deliberate on the parameters of inclusive growth with the overriding objective of ensuring that multiple strata of society share the benefits of globalization. Turning to the critical role of institutions in promoting social welfare, we explore the impact of government policy vis-à-vis the leverage enjoyed by other social institutions. Despite the reality that state and private interests often operate at cross purposes, we argue that government must still be an integral part of the solution matrix. With direction from other social institutions, entrepreneurial forces can be unleashed to tackle endemic poverty prevalent in the base of the pyramid. We then provide an in-depth case study in which the availability of telecommunications in rural areas was utilized as a means to foster development and ensure inclusive growth. The conclusion examines lessons learned while operationalizing the model, and spells out the impact of our enablers at ground level.

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Copyright 2012 Springer-Verlag

The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/q2p1241500r2x54g/

Publication Title

Journal of Business Ethics

Published Citation

VanSandt, Craig V, & Sud,Mukesh. (2012). “Poverty Alleviation through Partnerships: A Road Less Travelled for Business, Governments & Entrepreneurs.” Journal of Business Ethics, 110 (3), pp. 321-332. DOI 10.1007/s10551-011-1160-y

DOI

10.1007/s10551-011-1160-y

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