tailieunhanh - Book Giving and Solidarity

While the South African government is tackling poverty amongst its citizenry as a national priority and has developed various pro-poor initiatives, how generously do ordinary South Africans give of their own time and money to assist with the alleviation of poverty, and why?Who in the corporate sector is giving, how much, to what causes, and what do they hope to achieve as a result? How effective are religious institutions in mobilising and distributing individual and public resources? What do foreign donors provide and what is the effect of their contributions?For the first time in South Afric. | Free download from resource flows for poverty alleviation and development in South Africa edited by Adam Habib Brij Maharaj HSRC PRESS Free download from Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa First published 2008 ISBN 978-0-7969-2201-4 2008 Human Sciences Research Council The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Human Sciences Research Council the Council or indicate that the Council endorses the views of the authors. In quoting from this publication readers are advised to attribute the source of the information to the individual author concerned and not to the Council. COPYEDITING Vaun Cornell TYPESETTING Nimblemouse COVER DESIGN Farm Design PRINT management comPress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver TEL 27 0 21 701 4477 fax 27 0 21 701 7302 Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS TEL 44 0 20 7240 0856 fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG CALL toll-free 800 888 4741 fax 1 312 337 5985 Contents Free download from Tables 5 Figures 7 Preface 9 Acronyms and abbreviations 15 1 Giving development and poverty alleviation 17 Adam Habib Brij Maharaj and Annsilla Nyar 2 A nation of givers Results from a national survey of social giving 45 David Everatt and Geetesh Solanki 3 Religion and development 79 Brij Maharaj Adam Habib Irwin Chetty Merle Favis Sultan Khan Pearl Sithole and Reshma Sookrajh 4 Resource flows in poor communities a reflection on four case studies 121 Mandla Seleoane 5 New whims for old Corporate giving in South Africa 159 Steven Friedman Judi Hudson and Shaun Mackay 6 The colour of giving racial identity and corporate social investment 207 Steven Friedman Judi Hudson and Shaun .