The UN Year of Microcredit has focused attention on the many international partnerships – including some built at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group – that have …

‘I don’t care if you think of it as an opportunity, a threat or an obligation, but do it,’ says Tex Gunning, President of Unilever Bestfoods Asia. He is talking about business engaging with poverty …

This year’s Skoll World Forum managed to sustain last year’s remarkable degree of excitement and optimism. Once again the meeting involved a rich diversity of people and organizations exhibiting a hunger for new ways of …

While corporate concern over social issues is long-standing in Indonesia, and has increased over the last few years since the term corporate social responsibility began to emerge, many Indonesian businesses still consider CSR simply as …

From noblesse oblige to solidarity – Firoze Manji King Baudouin Foundation keeping an ear to the ground Funders meet with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the …

The Mediterranean Development Forum (MDF) partnership is dedicated to empowering civil society to participate in shaping public policy; improving the extent and quality of research on economic and social policy issues; and creating networks of …

With a view to forcefully and effectively advancing our mission to leverage increased funding for social justice in the developing world, Grantmakers Without Borders (Gw/oB) has recently completed a year-long strategic planning process involving some …

If anecdotal evidence is to be believed, global giving is on the increase, but much more is needed if it is to contribute to solving some of the world’s most urgent problems. We asked a …

Why do people give to others? I believe there are two primary conditions that impel philanthropy: a moral concern to help and the opportunity to make a difference. The first of these has always been …

Kavita Ramdas paints a picture of an emergent but embattled global movement of feminist philanthropy. How much progress have individual women’s funds around the world made and what are their future prospects? Alliance talked to …