Philanthropy and Economic Development

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Contributing authors provide vital information on how contribution programs can be used in community-based development with satisfying results for all. Essay topics include how senior corporate managers are encouraged to go beyond traditional giving and to consider other areas; concrete suggestions for the development of philanthropic organizations; and community involvement initiatives. For companies and foundations which have limited resources, but have a desire to participate, several techniques of indirect investments in social development are shown.

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RICHARD F. AMERICA has been director of Urban Programs and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting lecturer at the Stanford Business School. He is the author or editor of several books including The Wealth of Races (Greenwood, 1990) and Paying the Social Debt (Praeger, 1993).