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New Approaches to Sustainable Development and A Practice-Relevant Guide for Community Philanthropy

1 April 2009
www.alliancemagazine.org

Following on from The Poor Philanthropist by the same authors, these two new publications document the lessons and insights of a study of community philanthropy in southern Africa. They introduce new instruments that allow community foundations and trusts to appreciate existing assets in a community, to determine the equity that a community brings to the grantmaking table, to explore whether a grant supports or distorts the local norms of self-help, and to assess their interventions.

New Approaches to Sustainable Development and A Practice-Relevant Guide for Community Philanthropy
Susan Wilkinson-Maposa and Alan Fowler University of Cape Town pdf

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