Catalyzing Social Investment in China

Brooke Avory, Adam Lane
BSR

Catalyzing Social Investment in China

In May 2008, an earthquake hit the western Chinese province of Sichuan, taking 80,000 lives and displacing millions of others. The earthquake inspired an increase in donations from RMB13.3 billion in 2007 to RMB76.4 billion in 2008 and highlighted philanthropy as an important approach to addressing...