Reimagining Philanthropy in the Global South
From Analysis to Action in a Post-COVID World

Explores some COVID-induced sectoral changes of traditional philanthropic best practice and the responses to them in emerging markets.

Clare Woodcraft (Edited by), Kamal Munir (Edited by), Nitya Mohan Khemka (Edited by), Mohamed A. El-Erian (Foreword by)

9781009650137, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 May 2025

240 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.353 kg

'The Post-Covid 19 world is a totally different ballgame from what we were used to. Uncertainty, unpredictability and instability seem to intersect and produce one of the world's lethal combination producing social injustice. Governments, the private sector and the social sector world over are all challenged in very fundamental ways to address not only today's challenges but tomorrow's limitations. This book emphasises building of networks, collaborations and institutional resilience-features of the goal 16 of the Global Development Agenda. This is a timely collection of articles and insights drawn from across the global south that have at the heart a total focus on the reimagination of philanthropy.' Bhekinkosi Moyo, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Africa Centre on Philanthropy and Social Investment, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand

While there have always been high levels of philanthropic giving in the Global South, the urgency and unexpectedness of COVID-19 transformed the parameters within which philanthropy operates. 'Reimagining Philanthropy in the Global South' examines how newer models of philanthropy are tackling development challenges, including poverty, inequality and access to healthcare and education, and questions how organisations are coping with structural changes in donor-driven philanthropy; how changes in traditional grant making are impacting the imperatives of recipient organisations; and how indigenous philanthropy is making a difference. The chapters provide frank assessments of the priorities, challenges and opportunities of emerging market philanthropy, and the lessons learned from the pandemic. The authors highlight the deeper issues at play, as well as offering ideas and positive examples of how diverse stakeholders are coming together to solve social challenges in creative and practical ways. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Foreword Mohamed A. El-Erian
Introduction Clare Woodcraft, Kamal Munir and Nitya Khemka
1. From transactional to transformational: leveraging networks to catalyse bold philanthropic action in Asia Naina Subberwal Batra
2. A model for promoting systems-change philanthropy by leveraging networks Olivia Leland and Silvia Bastante de Unverhau
3. Building effective philanthropy through strategic partnerships: a case study of the Tanoto Foundation Satrijo Tanudjojo
4. Forging multi-stakeholder partnerships: global south governments, the private sector, philanthropists and civil society Natasha M. Matic
5. The whole is greater than the sum: forging and sustaining multi-stakeholder philanthropic partnerships in Africa beyond the pandemic Sahra Noor
6. Gender-based violence in South Africa and multi-stakeholder partnerships: the Vodacom foundation experience Takalani Netshitenzhe
7. Philanthropy in emerging economies: A call to invest in resilience Maysa Jalbout and Katy Bullard
8. How strategic philanthropy can shake up the ecosystem and build resilience: a case study on increasing access to palliative care in India Rumana Hamied and Prakash Fernandes
9. Building resilience for the Malaysian education ecosystem during the pandemic and beyond Kathleen Wai Lin Chew
10. Creating resilience and rebuilding India through philanthropy Deval Sanghvi.

Subject Areas: International business [KJK]