April 23, 2009
Why Is Global Poverty Still So Widespread?
As the most recent figures show that foundation giving to international causes has been booming, the hundreds of donors and other nonprofit leaders gathering in Washington this week for the Eighth Annual Global Philanthropy Forum Conference might have reason to be pleased. But they will probably also have on their minds a recent spate of books, including several by veterans of international aid organizations, that cast doubt on the effectiveness of their efforts, especially in
