This book is the second installment in a set of two volumes on Rotary foundations and grants. The first volume provides an introduction for grant applicants and Rotarians to Rotary foundations based in the United States. These foundations include the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International as well as close to 4,000 other local foundations operated by local Rotary clubs, districts, and other entities.This second volume in the set provides a comprehensive directory of local Rotary f...

How can membership and volunteer-based organizations such as service clubs grow? This short book aims to answer this question by documenting the experience of the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC (USA). Over a period of six months in the second half of 2016, the club succeeded in doubling its membership.The experience of the club suggests that it is a good idea for membership and volunteer-based organizations to (1) Plan strategically; (2) Reduce meetings and increase ...

La infraestructura escolar de Paraguay parece estar relativamente en mal estado y menos desarrollada que la de otros países de América Latina. Entonces, ¿Cuál es el estado de la infraestructura escolar para la educación primaria y secundaria en Paraguay? ¿Cuánto invierte el gobierno con el fin de mejorar la infraestructura escolar y cómo han evolucionado estas inversiones a través del tiempo? ¿Cuál es el marco legal para este tipo de inversiones y es este marco adecuado? Dadas las limitaci...

Rotary International is a nonprofit service organization with 1.2 million members worldwide in more than 35,000 clubs. The organization was founded by Paul Harris in Chicago in 1905. While clubs exist today in most countries of the world, the United States has the largest number of Rotarians and clubs, and also the largest number of local Rotary foundations managed by clubs, districts, or other entities. This is also where the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International has its headquarters,...

Poverty reduction challenges in the twenty-first century are not the same as those from the previous century. The shift is due in no small part to climate change and climate-related weather disasters, such as extreme flood and drought. The magnitude and frequency of such events are only expected to increase in the coming decades, affecting more and more impoverished people across the globe.Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate, edited by Hari Bansha Dulal, is a work which discuss...

Investing in Early Childhood Development: Review of the World Bank's Recent Experience provides an overview of World Bank investments in early childhood development (ECD) from 2000 to 2013 within three of the Bank's Global Practices: Education; Health, Nutrition, & Population; and Social Protection & Labor. The study summarizes trends in operational and analytical investments, including lending and trust-funded operations at the country, regional, and global levels. Findings are presented ...

If Rotary clubs, districts and the organization as a whole are to have a larger impact, they need to put together more projects that rely on partnerships, are innovative, and are evaluated properly. Not all Rotary projects need to include partnerships, innovation, and evaluation. But the organization and the communities it serves would be better off if more projects did. This is because partnerships, innovation, and evaluation can increase the quality, scope, and reach of our work, thereby...

Membership in Service Clubs provides the first rigorous assessment of the activities of Rotary, a global service organization founded in 1905 that implements projects and helps build goodwill and peace throughout the world.

Countries regularly track gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic progress, but not wealth—the assets such as infrastructure, forests, minerals, and human capital that produce GDP. In contrast, corporations routinely report on both their income and assets to assess their economic health and prospects for the future. Wealth accounts allow countries to take stock of their assets to monitor the sustainability of development, an urgent concern today for all countries. Th...

As is the case for many nonprofits, the success of Rotary clubs depends in part on the image that communities have of the organization. Public image – the term often used in Rotary – matters especially for membership, both to attract new members and to keep the members clubs already have. But it also matters for the ability of Rotary to implement service projects in local communities and internationally. Finally, it matters for fundraising for charitable purposes in order to fund the proje...

Household vulnerability to weather shocks and changing climatic conditions has become a major concern in developing countries. Yet the empirical evidence remains limited on the impact that changing environmental conditions have on households. This book explores climate change adaptation using a social resilience approach.The book is based on primary data from the Sundarbans, a densely populated area located across parts of Bangladesh and India (West Bengal) which is highly vulnerab...

This book presents some basic theoretical concepts of public finance with a particular emphasis on its impact poverty reduction. Eight case studies from Latin America and Africa illustrate how these concepts are applied in practice and the implementation issues that emerge.