Roundtable Discussion: "What would it take to really get global philanthropy going?", Alliance Magazine (2004)

Global giving is on the increase, but much more is needed if it is to contribute to solving some of the world’s most urgent problems. Alliance Magazine asked a number of people involved in the philanthropy world what they thought it would take to really get global philanthropy going. How could more individuals be induced to give more substantially? How could the trickle be made into a flood?

The discussion ranged over a wide area, taking in topics such as tax incentives, diaspora philanthropy and measurement. It considered both motivation for, and means of, giving.

Among the things that emerged clearly was the feeling that givers, both institutional and individual, have to be brought into more direct and personal contact with the countries where aid is needed, and with the problems philanthropy should be helping to solve.