From Charity to Social Change: Trends in Arab Philanthropy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9774162072 ISBN 13: 9789774162077

Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press, 2008

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This is a landmark study of philanthropic action in the modern Middle East.Persistent societal problems and wealth creation in the Arab region are driving a new generation of actors to commit their resources for the greater public welfare. Widely known as philanthropy, voluntary contributions to causes that serve a public good are a long standing and important aspect of cultures in the Arab region. What is of particular interest today is the proliferation of ways in which this private giving is being channelled into new institutional forms. In significant ways, some local philanthropy is becoming more strategic in its aims - by which is meant utilizing resources effectively to address the underlying causes of important social problems.Through an examination of philanthropic trends in eight key Middle Eastern countries, this book seeks to shed light on the forms of institutionalized giving that currently exist, as well as to provide recommendations for how charitable contributions can be most effective as vehicles of future social change. Drawing on data collected from endowed corporate foundations, public-private partnerships between business leaders and governmental agencies, and small-scale community-based organizations, this study marks the first attempt to map the dynamic contemporary landscape of philanthropy in the Arab region.

Biografía del autor:

BARBARA IBRAHIM is founding director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, established at the American University in Cairo in 2006. Prior to that she served for fourteen years as regional director for West Asia and North Africa at the Population Council in Egypt. She has published widely in the fields of gender and health, youth studies, and women's employment, as well as directing programs in urban poverty and gender relations through the Cairo office of the Ford Foundation. DINA H. SHERIF is associate director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo.

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• Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9774162072
• ISBN 13: 9789774162077
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Herausgeber: Ibrahim Barbara, Sherif Dina H.