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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Main Author: Salamon, Lester M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
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