RTI Press Occasional Paper
Increasing development impact: Channeling corporate social responsibility funds through public-private partnerships
Soplop, J.C., Wetterberg, A., Indriartoto, I., De Leon Pellecer, M.J., Ligorria Goicolea, T., & Roman-Lacayo, M.A. (September 2009).
When compared with independent corporate initiatives, corporate social responsibility funds come closer to meeting country development goals through collaborations with public partners, according to a paper by researchers at RTI International and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The researchers suggest that these public-private partnerships can further improve outcomes if project beneficiaries are directly involved. The authors propose strategies for ensuring a balance between partner priorities, avoiding frustrations with divergent organizational cultures, and incorporating beneficiary participation that can improve alignment of corporate social responsibility activities with development priorities and thereby increase their impact.
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Full Citation: Soplop, J.C., Wetterberg, A., Indriartoto, I., De Leon Pellecer, M.J., Ligorria Goicolea, T., & Roman-Lacayo, M.A. (September 2009). Increasing development impact: Channeling corporate social responsibility funds through public-private partnerships. RTI Press Publication No. OP-0002-0909.
Abstract
When compared with independent corporate initiatives, corporate social responsibility funds come closer to meeting country development goals through collaborations with public partners, according to a paper by researchers at RTI International and the U.S. Agency for International Development.The researchers suggest that these public-private partnerships can further improve outcomes if project beneficiaries are directly involved. The authors propose strategies for ensuring a balance between partner priorities, avoiding frustrations with divergent organizational cultures, and incorporating beneficiary participation that can improve alignment of corporate social responsibility activities with development priorities and thereby increase their impact.
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