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Analysis 1 Jenny Hodgson and Barry Knight 16 December 2014

Community philanthropy and a new model of development

What role can community philanthropy play in development post-2015? Comments on Jenny Hodgson and Barry Knight’s article come from Canada, Germany, Slovakia, Romania, the UK and the US. As discussion hots up around the United …

Conference reports Peter Laugharn 11 June 2014

Council on Foundations conference 2014: foundations and the post-2015 development goals

One of the best-attended sessions at the Council on Foundations conference this week was on foundation involvement in the global development agenda for the period 2015-30.  The standing room only crowd was urged by panellists …

Conference reports Peter Laugharn 1 May 2014

Global Philanthropy Forum 2014 (1): Philanthropy, global goals and delivery science

The annual Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) was held in Redwood City, California, 23-25 April 2014. The GPF brings together several hundred philanthropists, foundation staff and experts with a focus on global development and poverty alleviation. …

News Farhana Yamin 1 September 2012

Rio+20: what next?

The UN Conference on Sustainable Development that took place in Brazil from 20 to 22 June (Rio+20) was the biggest UN conference ever. Over 100 governments were represented at the head of state level. Nearly …

Conference reports Mafruza Khan 22 June 2012

Rio+20: Key issues and outcomes and thoughts going forward

If one can accept that mega confabs such as Rio+20 are inevitably about more talks, then the text (outcome) of the negotiating document that was finalized at about 3am on Tuesday 19 June will not …