Voluntary sector
The voluntary sector of a nation's economy consists of those entities which are not for profit and yet, at the same time, are not agencies of the state - i.e: charities, volunteer community centres and religious organisations. They may, in some countries, be subject to state scrutiny if they wish to qualify for charitable status.
In Japan the expression 第三セクター(Daisan sector, literal translation: third sector) has been used since 1980s to refer to joint corporations invested both by the public sector and private one.
See also
- Alternative society
- nationalisation
- Non-governmental organization
- private sector
- public sector
- privatization
- State-owned enterprise
- Volkseigener Betrieb (VEB)