Is the Non Profit Economy Stupid?
Non Profit Quarterly, Rick Cohen
This article looks at the part non profits play in the larger US economy and argues that failure to consider the role non profits play in stimulating the economy will be detrimental in the long run. Is the Non Profit Economy Stupid?
The Charity Law Reform
Tatsuo Ohta, President and CEO, Japan Association for Charitable Organisations (JACO)
In this report Mr. Tatsuo Ohta who is also working on the development on a GuideStar in Japan, reports on current legislation which is affecting the Public Benefit Corporations in Japan. The Charity Law Reform The Charity Law Reform in Japan.pdf
Information Economy Report 2007-2008 – Science and Technology for Development: The New Paradigm of ICT, UNCTAD, 2008
This report examines existing and possible future trends in ICT with regards to the ways in which it could help to reduce poverty. It does so utlilising a variety of themes. Information Economy Report
Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World, World Bank 2008
This report looks at the way in which the economic growth in developing countries is related to technology diffusion. Global Economic Prospects 2008
Does the Invisible Hand Need a Transparent Glove? The Politics of Transparency
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Ann M. Florini
This paper which was prepared for the the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics in April 1999 examines the politics of transparency and the issues that arise when it is used to address global issues. Does the Invisible Hand Need a Transparent Glove - The Politics of Transparency.pdf
Measuring Civil Society and Volunteering – Initial Findings from Implementation of the UN Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions John Hopkins University, 2007
This report assesses progress being made in measuring contributions by civil society, volunteering and philanthropy through the implementation of the United Nations Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions in the System of National Accounts. Measuring_Civil_Society_and_Volunteering.pdf
Development as Accountability – Accountability Innovators in Action, AccountAbility Sep 2007
This report argues that accountability should be placed at the heart of the development debate. It concludes that traditional forms of accountability are unfit for new development challenges, but points out the innovative responses are already here. Development as Accountability.pdf
Whose Summit? Whose Information Society?
Developing countries and civil society at the World Summit on the Information Society, David Souter, APC, Sep 2007
The study analyses developing country and civil society participation and influence in WSIS by drawing on participants’ observations, questionnaires and interviews with individual participants. It concludes that WSIS had only limited success because it was dominated by the ICT sector, with limited participation of development practitioners.
Whose Summit, Whose Information Society?
Africa, offline: Waiting for the Web, Ron Nixon, 21st July 2007, International Herald Tribune
This article looks at the basic problems that hinder the development of internet technology for the vast majority of the populous. Africa, offline: Waiting for the Web