Pragmatic Philanthropy: Asian Charity Explained
by Ruth A. Shapiro /
2018 / English / PDF
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
This cutting edge text considers how Asian philanthropists and
charitable organizations break with Western philanthropic
traditions and examines the key traits and trends that make
social investment in Asia unique. Based on 30 case studies of
excellent social delivery organizations (SDOs) and social
enterprises as well as interviews with ultra-high net-worth
individuals throughout Asia, this book examines which
characteristics and strategies lead to successful philanthropy
and social delivery organizations. Providing evidence based
findings on philanthropy, social investment and social delivery
organizations in Asia, this book provides invaluable resources
for those wishing to deepen their understanding of the sector and
what this means for political and economic development in the
region.
This cutting edge text considers how Asian philanthropists and
charitable organizations break with Western philanthropic
traditions and examines the key traits and trends that make
social investment in Asia unique. Based on 30 case studies of
excellent social delivery organizations (SDOs) and social
enterprises as well as interviews with ultra-high net-worth
individuals throughout Asia, this book examines which
characteristics and strategies lead to successful philanthropy
and social delivery organizations. Providing evidence based
findings on philanthropy, social investment and social delivery
organizations in Asia, this book provides invaluable resources
for those wishing to deepen their understanding of the sector and
what this means for political and economic development in the
region.