# Understanding diaspora philanthropy

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/06/13/understanding-diaspora-philanthropy/
- Published: 2008-06-13T14:08:32+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Last month the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium held a conference in Hanoi, 
Vietnam, on the subject of diaspora philanthropy. The specific focus is on giving
by Asians to Asia. An excellent overview paper by Mark Sidel, and individual country
papers, can now be downloaded from:

http://www.asiapacificphilanthropy.org/

As Sidel notes ‘strategic philanthropy’ is still pretty rare amongst these donors–
most diaspora giving is not focused on addressing issues of inequality or longterm
development. But interest is growing. NGOs working internationally have a role to
play in helping channel more of this giving – which is huge – into social justice
programmes.

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Understanding the scale of diaspora giving, and the mechanisms through which it 
is channeled, is a good starting point and these papers are a good introduction.

 * **[Donor-Centered Fundraising](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/06/23/amazon-150/)**(
   23 June 2008)
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   27 June 2008)
 * **[Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy: Causes and Consequences of the Transfer of Wealth](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/06/27/amazon-157/)**(
   27 June 2008)