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30 November 2005

Alliance - December 2005
The December 2005 issue of Alliance, with a special feature on the future of
philanthropy, has just been published.

Articles in the current issue include:

***Katherine Fulton and Gabriel Kasper ask how US philanthropy can fulfil its
enormous potential.
***Pushpa Singh, Ingrid Srinath, Anmol Vellani and Priya Viswanath look at
how Indian philanthropy can tap the growing affluence of the world's largest
middle class.
***Rory Tolentino and Tina Pavia examine the potential of diaspora donor
organizations and NGO coalitions to bring about lasting social change in the
Philippines.
***Agustin Landa argues for Mexican philanthropy to be based on social
investment rather than charity.
***Fernando Rossetti and Cindy Lessa assess the development of Brazilian
philanthropy since the coming of democracy, and consider what more still
needs to be done.
***Vera Dakova argues that the revival of philanthropy in central Europe is
largely a matter of reconnecting with the past
***Vadim Samodorov asks if philanthropy can become the secret weapon of
Russian capitalism.
***Elkanah Odembo and Faith Kisinga ask how the philanthropy sector in East
Africa can realise its potential.
***Interviews with the new heads of the Council on Foundations and the
European Foundation Centre, Steve Gunderson and Gerry Salole.
*** Barbara Merz and Lincoln Chen on the growing importance of remittances
to Mexico from Mexicans living and working in the US.

To find out more about the current issue and its contents, please click here:

http://www.allavida.org/cgi-bin/click/click.cgi?id=115

For further information, contact Alliance Business Development Manager Anand
Shukla on + 44 20 7735 8006, or at [email protected].