March 25 — The impact of private philanthropy on international development
Billionaire Warren Buffet’s June 2007 pledge to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation prompted headlines about the size of the gift and the impact it could have on global education and health initiatives. Can private donors be more effective than governments in tackling world problems?
When: Tuesday March 25 7:30 PM
Where: Butler University Pharmacy Building 103
Part of the Indiana Council on World Affairs “Great Decisions” series
Emily West is CEO of the West Foundation, a relatively small but important Indianapolis-based nonprofit supporting economic development in Africa.
Know before you go … Read this transcript of a discussion about “Philanthropy and the Rise of Global Giving” with Carol Adelman (Director of the Center for Global Prosperity, Hudson Institute) and Kathy Bushkin Calvin (Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, United Nations Foundation).
If this sounds like an interesting event, be sure to check out … Fran Quigley addresses the same topic on April 23; Provocate’s John Clark gives global philanthropy a local spin in a talk about why Indianapolis needs its own foreign policy on May 28. A couple examples of local/global philanthropy are the Bread for the World conference March 29, and the kick off of an Indiana chapter of the World Food Program March 31.
January 12th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
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