Leverage for Good : An Introduction to the New Frontiers of Philanthropy and Social Investment

• Autore: Salamon Lester M
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.7
• Soggetto topico: Charities; Endowments; Social service
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Leverage for Good; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Revolution on the Frontiers of Philanthropy and Social Investment; Chapter 2 Scouting Philanthropy's New Frontier I: New Actors; Chapter 3 Scouting Philanthropy's New Frontier II: New Tools; Chapter 4 Why Now?; Chapter 5 Remaining Obstacles; Chapter 6 Prescription: The Way Forward; Appendix ANew Frontiers of Philanthropy Project Advisory Panel ; Appendix BCompanion VolumeNew Frontiers of Philanthropy:A Guide to the New Actors and Tools Reshaping Global Philanthropy anNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; About the Author; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With the resources of both governments and traditional philanthropy barely growing or in decline, yet the problems of poverty, ill-health, and environmental degradation ballooning daily, new models for financing social and environmental objectives are urgently needed. Fortunately, a revolution is underway in the instruments and institutions available to meet this need. Loans, loan guarantees, private equity, barter arrangements, social stock exchanges, bonds, social secondary markets, and investment funds are just some of the actors and tools occupying the new frontiers of philanthropy and soc
• Titolo autorizzato: Leverage for good
• ISBN: 0-19-939258-7; 0-19-937654-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809984603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II