<![CDATA[Purpose: Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meal Program (Makan Bergizi Gratis—MBG) and Red and White Village/Subdistrict Cooperatives (Koperasi Desa/Kelurahan Merah Putih—KDKMP) address human-capital development and community-based economic empowerment through different but potentially complementary policy instruments. This study examines how Pentahelix-based collaborative governance may facilitate the institutional relationship between MBG and KDKMP and evaluates the associated development pathways through Maqashid Sharia and inclusive-development perspectives.Design/Methodology: This qualitative documentary study uses integrative conceptual-policy analysis. A retrospective source audit yielded a core corpus of 32 documents—11 Indonesian regulatory/policy documents, two international institutional reports, and 19 peer-reviewed studies—covering policy evidence from January 2024–August 2026 and applied literature from 2017–August 2026. Data were analyzed through qualitative content analysis and hybrid deductive–inductive thematic coding.Findings: The findings indicate that the MBG–KDKMP relationship represents an emerging and conditional institutional complementarity rather than an established policy integration. Pentahelix actors provide the institutional architecture, while functional collaboration depends on coordination, participation, trust, accountability, resource sharing, and intra-governmental coordination. KDKMP may function as a potential institutional bridge connecting MBG-generated public food demand with fragmented local food supply, subject to cooperative capacity, procurement arrangements, logistics, food safety, financing, and local participation. From a Maqashid Sharia perspective, MBG has its clearest welfare pathway through hifz al-nafs, with potential relevance to hifz al-‘aql and hifz al-nasl, whereas KDKMP is most directly associated with hifz al-mal.Practical Implications: Policymakers should prioritize cross-sector coordination, cooperative capacity building, transparent procurement, food-safety assurance, reliable financing, and participatory monitoring—so that MBG-driven demand expands opportunities for local producers without compromising service quality.Originality/Value: This study advances an Integrative Pentahelix–Maqashid Sharia Framework for Inclusive Development, conceptualizing KDKMP as a potential institutional bridge between public food demand and fragmented local supply.]]>
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