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The Center for Global Prosperity provides a platform—through conferences, discussions, publications, and media appearances—to create awareness among U.S. and international opinion leaders, as well as the general public, about the central role of the private sector, both for-profit and not-for-profit, in the creation of economic growth and prosperity in any country.

The Center’s core product is the new annual Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances, which details the sources—and magnitude of private giving to the developing world. more...

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The 2010 Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances

The 2010 Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances (PDF)

 

Download the Executive Summary of the 2010 Index here (PDF)


Order a hard copy of the Index online here

Read the press release here

 

Download the 2009 Index of Global Philanthropy

CGP in the News

2010 Index cited in Humanitarian News "ODA, Philanthropy, and Remittances"

July 22, 2010

2010 Index cited in GlobalPhilanthropy.Ca People in Canada Remit 12.2b

June 21st, 2010

2010 Index cited in Scoop Independent News: Helping the World's Poor is Not Just About GDP by Maxim Institute

May 26th, 2010

2010 Index cited in Philanthropy Journal: Private Giving Outpaces Government Aid

May 21st, 2010

2010 Index cited in Give2Asia Forum: Putting an Asia Lens on the Hudson Institute's Index of Global Philanthropy by Birger Stamperhahl May 13, 2010

2010 Index cited in Pro Bono News: Philanthropy in Developing World 'Resilient'.

May 13, 2010

2010 Index cited in UN Dispatch: Global News and Global Views. US Private Philanthropy Held Steady in 2008 by Alanna Shaikh 

May 12, 2010  

2010 Index cited in the Chronicle of Philanthropy: Giving Abroad Remained Stable in 2008 by Caroline Preston

May 12, 2010

CGP's event on "Innovative Mechanisms for Maximizing Capital Flows to Africa" mentioned in media and blogosphere

Index mentioned in "Generosity: the Fruit of American Freedom" Central Illiniois

April 12, 2010

Index mentioned by ForeignAffairs.com in John Gershman's "What to Read on Foreign Aid."

February 2nd, 2010

Index cited in "The Failure of Foreign Aid" by Garynuila Utah People Post

January 29th, 2010

Index cited in CAF America's issue brief: "The Recession and Global Giving" by Lara Bensenia

December 2009

Index cited in "Money from Helicopters: An Issue paper on Foreign Aid and Development" by Jane Silloway Smith, Maxim Institute

September 2009

Index numbers used on BBC Radio 4 Iconoclasts

September 16, 2009

Index cited in USAID Newsletter of the Global Development Alliance

Summer 2009

Index cited in: Report Suggests International Giving May Not Be Too Affected by Economic Recession, but Donors Need to Aid Sustainability Efforts

From the Aspen Philanthropy Letter #154 August 2009 

"Opinion Piece Outlines New Model for Foreign Aid"

Carol Adelman cited in the Kaiser Family Foundation's Global Health Policy Report August 27, 2009

"Scholars Urge Obama to Revamp Foreign Aid" by Ian Wihelm

Carol Adelman cited in The Chronicle of Philanthropy August 26, 2009

"Help That Helps" by Carol Adelman, Nicholas Eberstadt 
August 24, 2009 Weekly Standard

 

"Third World Owes US more than Just Debt Gratitude"

Index cited in Business and Media Institute July 21, 2009

"U.S. Leads in Private Charitable Giving"

Index cited in ZENIT July 16, 2009

"As People, Americans giving more of themselves"

Index cited in The Globe and Mail Report on Business July 15, 2009

 

"Financing of global health: tracking development assistance for health from 1990 to 2007"

Index cited in The Lancet study on global health. June, 2009


"Givers without Borders." WORLD Magazine June 20, 2009


"Global Philanthropy and Remittances: Reinventing Foreign Aid." Carol Adelman in The Brown Journal of World Affairs. Spring/Summer 2009

"Philanthropists Step Up in Global Decline." Washington Sunday Times May 24, 2009


"Action on Aid: Steps Toward Making Aid More Effective." Homi Kharas sites CGP's research in his paper on foreign aid. Brookings Institution April 2009


"US Congregations Give Generously"  Kansas City Star May 15, 2009


"Trends in Private Giving" Center for Global Prosperity cited in World Bank's Global Monitoring Report 2009 April 2009


"U.S. Congregations Aid Developing World with $8.6B"
Christian Post May 13, 2009


"Private & Public Global Assistance" Arthur Cyr cites the Index in Scripps News May 1, 2009

 "Private Giving to Developing Nations Not Expected to Drop Significantly  in 2009, Report Finds" Philanthropy News Digest cites Index findings  April 29, 2009

"Private Efforts Help Public in Current Crisis"

Arthur Cyr cites the Index in an op-ed published by Scripps News April 24, 2009

"Banking on 'Social Capital'"  Center for Global Prosperity mention in an article in Epoch Times April 24, 2009

"Cabinet-Level Development Agency"

Gerald Hyman cites the Index of Global Philanthropy
January 21, 2009


"Foreign Aid: What Works and What Doesn't"

Carol Adelman and Nick Eberstadt in AEI's Development Policy Outlook
October 2008

"Credit Crunch will hurt aid groups:  Experts"

Index of Global Philanthropy 2008 cited in The Electric New Paper
October 15, 2008

"Foreign Aid or no, Americans are still the most generous"

Index of Global Philanthropy 2008 cited in McCook Daily Gazette
October 13, 2008

"Wall St. largess benefited the poor"

Index of Global Philanthropy 2008 cited in China Post
October 13, 2008

"Wall Street Greed? Not in this Neighborhood"

Index of Global Philanthropy 2008 cited in Washington Post
October 11, 2008

"Giving Globally"

Index of Global Philanthropy 2008 cited by Newsweek September 29, 2008

"The Figures Behind the Acts of Giving"

Interview: Financial Times July 5, 2008

"Carol Adelman on Private Aid to Myanmar and China"

BBC World News- Asia Today June 6, 2008

"The boom in private giving"

Op-ed: International Herald Tribune June 4, 2008 by Carol Adelman

"U.S. religious giving to developing world explored in ND study"

South Bend Tribune May 28, 2008

"U.S. Religious Donations at $8.8 Billion for Developing World"

The Christian Post May 14, 2008

Events, Transcripts & Speeches

 

Heidi Metcalf Little on panel discussion on "Haiti and Beyond: The Challenges of Foreign Assistance" at the 2010 Council Foreign Relations Religion and Foreign Policy Summer Workshop. July 14th 2010

Heidi Metcalf Little spoke with Jim Blasingame on How the U.S. ranks in Global philanthropy and Aid on The Small Business Advocate June 2nd, 2010

The Center for Global Prosperity hosted a luncheon event to celebrate the 5th edition of the Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances on May 12th, 2010

 

The Center for Global Prosperity and The Whitaker group hosted a luncheon event on "Innovative Mechanisms for Maximizing Capital Flows to Africa" sponsored by Western Union on April 26th, 2010

 

Heidi Metcalf Little attended the 9th annual Global Philanthropy Forum in California on April 19th - 21st, 2010

 

Heidi Metcalf Little presented "Global Philanthropy: Why Good Intentions Aren't Enough" at the Art, Music, Justice Conference on March 19th, 2010

 

Heidi Metcalf Little spoke on Bill Cunningham's radio show on the private sector's response to the earthquake in Haiti January 15th, 2010

 

Heidi Metcalf Little spoke on Fox News Radio about the private sector's response to the earthquake in Haiti January 15th, 2010

 

The Center for Global Prosperity held an event on Microfranchise: A Powerful Idea but Does it Work? December 8th, 2009

 

Heidi Metcalf Little presented at NYU's International Law Symposium, on 'The Role of Private Actors in Development'December 4th, 2009

 

Center for Global Prosperity and Center for Religious Freedom held an event on Microfinance in South Sudan at the Hudson Institute on November 18, 2009

 

Heidi Metcalf Little spoke on panel discussion on Africa: Unleashing its Potential hosted by the Atlas Foundation and Sagamore Institute in Indianapolis October 23rd, 2009

 

Carol Adelman spoke at PQMD annual Education Forum in Chicago

October 21st, 2009

 

Carol Adelman spoke on Fox Business about U.S Foreign Aid

October 12, 2009

 

Yulya Spantchack presents at NASCSP annual conference  on 'Prosperity for All: Lessons from the U.S and Abroad'

September 17th, 2009

 

Carol Adelman speaks on Foreign Aid on Jim Blasingame's radio show Small Business Advocate

September 15th, 2009


Carol Adelman serves on a panel titled Assessing NGO Contributions to Development and Humanitarian Assistance Funding with Sam Worthington of InterAction and Homi Kharas of the Brookings Institution.

June 11, 2009, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM


Carol Adelman presents Index's  findings at TechnoServein Washington, D.C.

June 11, 2009, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM


Carol Adelman speaks on philanthropy in Latin America at the Inter-American Development Bank.

June 9, 2009, 4:00 PM -5:30 PM


Carol Adelman speaks about philanthropy and private giving at the UN Foundation

June 4, 2009, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM


Carol Adelman speaks about philanthropy on the Randy Tobler Radio Show

May 23, 2009


Carol Adelman speaks about philanthropy, remittances and aid effectiveness on NPR's Brian Lehrer Show (click to listen)

May 19, 2009


Heidi Metcalf speaks on U.S. religious giving on the Moody Radio's Prime Time America

May 14, 2009


Carol Adelman speaks on U.S. philanthropy on WLW Radio in Cincinnati, OH with Mike McConnell(click to listen).

May 12, 2009


Carol Adelman speaks on philanthropy and global giving with Jim Blasingame on the Small Business Advocate(click to listen)

May 6, 2009


Carol Adelman on Kresta in the Afternoon radio show.

May 5, 2009


Carol Adelman speaks on U.S. giving on the Dateline Washington radio show with Greg Corombos(click to listen). 

April 30, 2009


Carol Adelman speaks on a panel with Trevor Neilson and Jane Wales at the Council on Foreign Relations(click to watch video)

April 27, 2009, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM


Carol Adelman served as a moderator during a Hudson Washington D.C. event, "What Good Is 'Philanthrocapitalism'?" with Matthew Bishop, author of Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World, Michael Edwards, and Dennis Whittle.

April 9, 2009, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM


Carol Adelman provided commentary on Matthew Bishop's and Michael Green's book, "Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World" at a discussion lead by Matthew Bishop at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.

April 8, 2009, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM


Carol Adelman presents at a panel discussion on foreign aid during a USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid Public Meeting in Washington, D.C.

March 11, 2009, 10:00 AM


Carol Adelman speaks at the UN Economic and Social Council event on Philanthropy and the Global Health Agenda in New York
February 23, 2009, 3:00 PM


Jerry Norris speaks on Foreign Assistance at the National Defense University in Washington DC

February 11, 2009, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM


Carol Adelman speaks on Entrepreneurial Philanthropy at the AEI Development Beyond Aid Conference

January 7, 2009, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM


Carol Adelman speaks at EastWest Institute's discussion of Chinese President Hu Jintao's Four-Point Proposal at the 2008 G8 Summit

December 9, 2008, 12:30 PM - 8:30 PM


Carol Adelman presents at Baylor University's, "Faith & Works:  A Call for Evidence of Action" conference

October 27-28, 2008


Carol Adelman presents at IFC, "Workshop on Building Partnerships with Foundations and Corporate Philanthropy"

October 21, 2008, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM


Carol Adelman presents at Carnegie Mellon's Policy Analysis Capstone Lecture Series, "Global Giving - Global Impact"

October 3, 2008, 12:00 - 1:30 PM

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