Global development 2.0 can philanthropists, the public, and the poor make poverty history? /

"Celebrates the transformative trend within international aid of super-charged advocacy networks, mega-philanthropists, and mass public involvement through Internet charitable giving and increased overseas volunteering and offers lessons to ensure that this wave of generosity yields lasting and...

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Brainard, Lael, Chollet, Derek H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Making poverty history? How activists, philanthropists, and the public are changing global development / Lael Brainard and Vinca LaFleur
  • Fighting global poverty : who will be relevant in 2020? / Matthew Bishop
  • The new reality of aid / Homi Kharas
  • Angelina, Mia, and Bono : celebrities and international development / Darrell M. West
  • Is there a constituency for global poverty? Jubilee 2000 and the future of development advocacy / Joshua Busby
  • Nigeria's fight for debt relief : tracing the path / Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • Philanthropy and enterprise : harnessing the power of business and social entrepreneurship for development / J. Gregory Dees
  • Leveraging knowledge to end poverty / Ashok Khosla
  • Effecting change through accountable channels / Jane Nelson
  • Collaborative governance : the new multilateralism for the twenty-first century / Simon Zadek
  • Aid : from consensus to competition? / Joseph O'Keefe
  • Philanthropy, aid, and investment : alignment for impact / Mark R. Kramer.