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In 2003 and 2004, Georgia 's city and county government managers, and a large sample of Georgia nonprofit executives, were surveyed to assess their collaborative activities.

This study was conducted by Professor Beth Gazley of Indiana University , a graduate of the University of Georgia (MPA, 2001; Ph.D 2004). The study was conducted under the auspices of the University of Georgia 's Department of Public Administration and Policy (http://www.uga.edu/~padp/) and the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

The study had these goals:

• To chart the frequency of public-private partnerships involving local governments and nonprofit organizations in Georgia , the first assessment for this state and one of few conducted in the U.S.

• To understand the scope of these partnerships, including the service areas (e.g., emergency response, economic development, social services) in which inter-sectoral collaboration is most likely to occur, and the activities (e.g., joint planning, information sharing) in which partners engage most frequently.

• To determine the community and institutional characteristics that foster or inhibit collaboration between the government and nonprofit sectors.

• To understand the goals of partnership as they are expressed by local government managers and by nonprofit executives.

• To measure partnership achievements, and to understand how partnership characteristics influence their effectiveness.

The principal results are reported on the following pages. For further information, readers may contact the author at bgazley@indiana.edu.

Click here for the principal results of the study.