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Philanthropy and the Millennium Development Goals
New York has been abuzz this week with the reconvening of the United Nations General Assembly and the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in the streets, cafes and restaurants you can hear people from all …
Future World Giving: a positive narrative on the future of global philanthropy
What do the momentous social changes around the world mean for the future of giving? We are living through a time of monumental social change: the world’s global middle classes are set to grow by 165 …
What you need to know about foreign aid (and why we need to protect it)
These past weeks, the international conversation about aid to developing countries has been heating up. Does Britain’s decision to cut foreign aid to India foretell a shift in the relationship between traditional donor countries and middle-income …
New World Bank president sits down with foundations
In the midst of a frenetic week of meetings, including bilaterals with heads of state, the Clinton Global Initiative and media interviews, the new World Bank president Jim Yong Kim stepped into the calm of …
Smarter Impact: A new approach to enabling inclusive economic development in the information age
We are living in a time of great opportunity, where information and communications technology is transforming the lives of billions of people living in remote locations. People who were once isolated are now connected in …
Alliance magazine: Redefining development
The latest article published on the Alliance magazine website looks at development and the role foundations can play in redefining this. In his article from the Alliance website, Jay Naidoo, Chairperson of the Global Alliance …
Business and foundations ‘crucial’ to drawing up of post-MDG development agenda
A new briefing from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has highlighted the role businesses operating in developing countries could play in poverty reduction. Private Foundations, Business and Developing a Post-2015 Framework calls for the …
How will the ‘First Globals’ change philanthropy?
‘Of course, she went down to Guatemala with my wife, to help out with that non-profit, Safe Passages.’ A friend was describing his daughter’s experience with philanthropy and community work. I was struck by his …
Can grassroots organizations affect high-level negotiations? Reflections from Rio+20
A telling image of the events surrounding Rio+20 appeared on the front page of the Brazilian newspaper Globo on 19 June. It’s a photo taken outside the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), its shiny steel …
Real clarity about impact from the outset vital, says CIFF’s Jamie Cooper-Hohn
According to president and CEO Jamie Cooper-Hohn, in a recently published interview for Alliance, two things make the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation’s (CIFF’s) approach ‘a substantial divergence from the norm of development funding’: first, the …
