Thursday, January 18, 2007

Giving back is 'megatrend' that's doing a world of good

Giving back is 'megatrend' that's doing a world of good: "iving back is 'megatrend' that's doing a world of good
Executives focus on philanthropy

By TOM PAULSON
P-I REPORTER

At an annual meeting usually focused on regional economic concerns such as housing starts, employment trends and interest rates, participants this year spent at least half the conference talking about helping poor people on the other side of the planet.

'This is one of the great megatrends in the world today,' said Matthew Bishop, a U.S.-based editor for the Economist magazine who served as moderator for a panel discussion on the 'Economics of Global Philanthropy' featuring some of the local organizations working at fighting disease, poverty and other inequities across the developing world."

No comments: