A practical guide to the challenges and successes of globalfundraising, written by an international team of highly respectedphilanthropy professionals and edited by two of the leadingnonprofit thinkers, Global Fundraising is the first book togenuinely offer a global overview of philanthropy with aninternationalist perspective.As the world becomes more interdependent, and economiesstruggle, global philanthropy continues to increase. More thanthat, nonprofits are taking up roles that have traditionally beenfilled by the government--including social welfare,healthcare, and human rights. Global Fundraisingprovides complete coverage of the implications of this growth fornonprofit culture and how it drives changes in fundraisingpractices.* Organized into thematic chapters--a mixture of geographicand topical issues--it places North American philanthropy in awider context* It features a companion website with a variety of online toolsand materials* The book includes contributions by international leadingexperts Matt Ide, Mair Bosworth, Usha Menon, Anup Tiwari, PaulaGuillet de Monthoux, Angela Cluff, Norma Galafassi, Mike Muchilwa,Tariq Cheema, Lu Bo and Nan Fang, Masataka Uo, Chris Carnie, SeanTriner, Andrea McManus, Marcelo Inniarra, Ashley Baldwin, RebeccaMauger, YoungWoo Choi, R.F. Shangraw, Jr., Sudeshna Mukherjee, andAnca Zaharia.The book skillfully tracks how the world of fundraising ischanging rapidly due to a number of factors including: continuinggrowth of great wealth; non-profit innovation emerging everywhere;growth of indigenous NGOs; increased professionalism infundraising; and the value and role of new and social technologies.Written by a team of philanthropy leaders,Global Fundraising offers timely coverage offundraising around the world. A must-have for INGO leaders andanyone, anywhere, interested in the future of philanthropy andeffective fundraising practices.