{"id":588,"date":"2015-07-09T02:11:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T02:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/?p=588"},"modified":"2022-10-13T06:03:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T06:03:17","slug":"from-prosperity-to-purpose-philanthropy-among-latin-americas-very-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/from-prosperity-to-purpose-philanthropy-among-latin-americas-very-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"From Prosperity to Purpose.  Philanthropy among Latin America\u00b4s very rich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latin America is the region best known for enormous inequality and the world\u00b4s fastest growth rate for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/afp-coveted-and-criticized-latin-americas-rich-multiply-2015-6\">billionaires<\/a>. \u00a0How much do they give back to their societies? \u00a0A new report on this has just been published by Harvard University. \u00a0Entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/cpl.hks.harvard.edu\/prosperity-purpose-perspectives-philanthropy-and-social-investment\">From Prosperity to Purpose: Perspectives on Philanthropy and Strategic Investment Among Wealthy Individuals in Latin America<\/a>, the work was funded by UBS and produced by the\u00a0Hauser Institute at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. \u00a0 As authors Paula Johnson, Christine Letts and Colleen Kelly explain, \u00abThe study explores private giving and social investment among high net worth individuals and families in six Latin American countries, and includes an overview and individual reports on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. \u00a0Each report analyzes donors&#8217; motivations and aspirations; philanthropic practices and operations; challenges and obstacles to giving; and the types of support, resources, and policy reforms that might increase giving and strengthen its impact.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Available on-line is an overview report in English and <a href=\"http:\/\/cpl.hks.harvard.edu\/files\/cpl\/files\/spanish_copy.pdf\">Spanish<\/a>, and six country reports, including<a href=\"http:\/\/cpl.hks.harvard.edu\/files\/cpl\/files\/hauser_-_ubs_peru.pdf\"> Peru.<\/a> \u00a0I\u00a0had the honor of being interviewed for this study (not because I am very rich, alas, but because I have<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hup.harvard.edu\/catalog.php?isbn=9780674019652&amp;content=toc\"> studied this topic<\/a> in the past), as did another Peruvian,\u00a0Tony Custer, founder of the Fundaci\u00f3n Custer and one of this country\u00b4s few high profile philanthropists. \u00a0Tony writes: \u00a0\u201c<i>We are only beginning to scratch the surface of the philanthropic potential in our countries. This study illuminates a path forward to far greater impact. My sincerest wish is that it will be widely read and that its extensive and groundbreaking research and analysis will spur us in the region to engage in, advocate for, and commit to responsible and effective philanthropy for many years to come<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As an example, last year the Custer Family Endowment sponsored the first <a href=\"http:\/\/ro.drclas.harvard.edu\/blog\/new-custer-fellowship-and-visiting-scholars-region\">visiting fellowship for scholars and\/or practitioners from Peru<\/a>\u00a0at Harvard. \u00a0The inaugural scholar was <a href=\"http:\/\/drclas.harvard.edu\/people\/maritza-paredes\">Maritza Paredes of the Catholic University<\/a>, conducting research on \u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<em>Shaping State Capacity A Comparative Historical Analysis of Mining Dependence in the Andes 1840s &#8211; 1920s\u00bb. <\/em>Touch\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latin America is the region best known for enormous inequality and the world\u00b4s fastest growth rate for billionaires. \u00a0How much do they give back to their societies? \u00a0A new report on this has just been published by Harvard University. \u00a0Entitled From Prosperity to Purpose: Perspectives on Philanthropy and Strategic Investment Among Wealthy Individuals in Latin<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/from-prosperity-to-purpose-philanthropy-among-latin-americas-very-rich\/\">Leer m\u00e1s&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-filantropia-y-responsabilidad-social","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}