Leverage for Good: An Introduction to the New Frontiers of Philanthropy and Social Investment

by Lester M Salamon and Lester M. Salamon

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199376530
• ISBN13: 9780199376537
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"