A second part of the enthusiasm for the private sector comes not from faith in markets alone, but also from re-discovering and developing the power of what Bill Drayton of Ashoka describes as the “citizens

Citizens living in nations throughout the world seem to have lost a great deal of confidence in their governments. They are no longer confident that governments can shield them from war or terrorism launched from without, or ethnic violence and crime launched from within. They fear that widespread corruption has undermined government’s capacity to secure basic civic rights such as the right to hold property, to form voluntary associations, and to participate in democratic governance. They doubt whether governments can make good on their frequent promises to provide jobs, increase material welfare, and provide at least minimum levels of health and education. They even have doubts about government’s capacity to deliver the public goods and services it is currently financed to deliver in an efficient and effective way.