Leverage for good : an introduction to the new frontiers of philanthropy and social investment /
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 un...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780199376544 0199376549 9780199377633 0199377634 0199392587 9780199392582 |