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The Year of Philanthrowoman

The start of the New Year means that it is time, yet again, to gaze into our philanthrocrystal ball and make our annual predictions. We did OK last year but[...]

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The Humpty-Dumpty-ness of Aid

“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the King’s horses and all the King’s men, Couldn’t put Humpty together again.” This children’s rhyme should[...]

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What Should Governments Do?

Should private donors back-fill for cuts in official aid to the developing world? Should private actors be integrated into aid co-0rdination mechanisms so far dominated by governmental agencies? Do governments[...]

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Osama bin-Laden – Philanthropist?

The late and unlamented terror chief may not be anyone’s idea of a philanthropist, least of all ours. Yet, however offensive it may seem, the horrible thought does raise some[...]

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Edible Yoghurt Pots and Other Great Ideas

Ten percent of all government aid should go to promoting social businesses, argued microfinance pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus at yesterday’s panel on innovation at the Clinton Global Initiative[...]

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Going for Growth

Capitalism is something of a dirty word at the moment, so the launch on March 24th of a new initiative to attract finance for capital-starved entrepreneurs in the developing world is a[...]

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All Hands on Deck?

The only industry booming at the moment is recession economics, as policy-makers and opinion-formers pore over the Great Depression of nearly 80 years ago looking for answers to the current[...]

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The globalisation of philanthropy

We think that the emergence of heavyweight philanthropy in the developing world is a major part of the philanthrocapitalism revolution.  Two big recent announcements caught our eye. First, that the 2008[...]