The world’s garment and textile industry reached US$3 trillion in turnover in 2011, encompassing clothing, textiles, footwear and luxury goods. What’s more, it directly creates more than 20 million jobs around the world. But pressure …

Enormous social, economic and environmental problems confront the world today, yet the resources of both governments and traditional philanthropy are barely growing or in decline. It is increasingly clear that new models for financing social …

Efforts now under way to build community foundations and other philanthropic institutions in regions lacking them hold enormous promise, but generating the capital resources that can sustain them over the long run presents a huge …

The privatization of governmental or quasi-governmental enterprises or assets offers a new avenue for resourcing community-based foundations in developing regions around the world. This possibility has gained new visibility with the recent growth of Italy’s …