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U.S. Role in Global Philanthropy

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Carol Adelman Date: May 18, 2006 Time: 10 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) View Webchat Transcript

The U.S. role in global philanthropy is the focus of a webchat with policy research expert Carol Adelman. U.S. official development assistance doubled from $9.9 billion in 2000 to $19.7 billion in 2004, but even more astonishing, according a recently released Hudson Institute study directed by Adelman, is the rise in American private contributions to global assistance. Called the Index on Global Philanthropy, the report tallies $71 billion in international donations by U.S. private charities, religious organizations, universities, corporations, foundations and immigrants sending money home in 2004. How do private citizens, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations generate $71 billion? How does private philanthropy fit in with humanitarian aid on a global scale? Adelman will be available to discuss the Hudson Institute study and evolving U.S. role in global philanthropy.

Guest Biography: Carol Adelman is a senior fellow and director of the Hudson Institute's Center for Global Prosperity, specializing in international development, foreign aid, trade and global health. She has served as director, consultant and member in numerous nonprofit organizations and policy research organizations. Adelman has written extensively on global development issues including foreign aid, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. She was a member of the U.S. delegation to the World Health Asssembly in 2004, and is one of five members appointed by President Bush to a new commission on foreign assistance, Helping to Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission. Adelman holds master’s and doctorate degrees in public health from Johns Hopkins University; a master’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University; and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado, including a year’s study at the University of Bonn, Germany.