Private donations for international development

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Charitable donations by private individuals and firms can help fund the Millennium Development Goals. What are the prospects for increasing donations for international development, whether from small-scale donors, the super-rich (as in the recent gifts by Bill Gates and Ted Turner), or the corporate sector? The paper starts by reviewing how large are the sums currently given in OECD countries (including gifts of time) and the problems development has in competing with domestic causes. It then looks at possibilities for the future, including tax deductions, the new ‘global funds’, corporate social responsibility and ‘cause-related marketing’, the use of the Internet, and longterm donor education.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Discussion Paper ; No. 2003/82

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers ; Foreign Aid ; Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship ; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
• Subject: charities ; philanthropy ; volunteering ; development finance ; Entwicklungsfinanzierung ; Spende ; Wohltätigkeit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Micklewright, John ; Wright, Anna
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/52943
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET