Philanthropy and Law in Asia: A Comparative Study of the Nonprofit Legal Systems in Ten Asia Pacific Societies (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and Public Management Series) [Hardcover]

Thomas Silk (Editor), Barnett F. Baron (Preface), Yoshiko Wakayama (Introduction), John G. Simon (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787945102 | ISBN-13: 978-0787945107 | Publication Date: February 12, 1999 | Edition: 1st

A Publication of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium

This collection of reports written by local experts from ten Asian nations (Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam) compares the laws and public policy that regulate and influence the nonprofit sectors in these countries. As international organizations play an increasingly central role in world development and change, their success becomes contingent upon understanding the complex legal disparities between nonprofit sectors of varying societies. Philanthropy and Law in Asia provides international audiences with timely insights into these legal incongruities as well as the regulations affecting the nonprofit sector in Asia.

The essays in this comprehensive volume are the culmination of extensive legal research and analysis inspired by the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium's Comparative Nonprofit Law Project. Each essay shares a common analytic framework, helping both practitioners and scholars to understand the ways in which nonprofit legal systems are regulated and structured throughout Asia. With this knowledge, international legislators, government officers, policy makers, nonprofit leaders, and legal counselors will be able to develop better intergovernmental cooperation and legal synergism. Philanthropy and Law in Asia is the up-to-date resource for those who wish to strengthen and improve the nonprofit sector in this significant region of the world.

The Asia Foundation is part of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium and one of the driving forces behind Philanthropy and Law in Asia. It is a private, nonprofit, non-governmental organization dedicated to building leadership, improving policies, and strengthening institutions to foster greater openness and shared prosperity in the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Foundation has provided substantial assistance for the development of legislative systems in 16 countries and has supported more than 800 public interest, non-governmental organizations in the region.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The nonprofit sector is of critical importance in countries like the Philippines for it provides urgently needed basic services to the poor to complement government programs. Philanthropy and Law in Asia is directed towards understanding what needs to be done, and I therefore recommAnd it to planners and practitioners alike." —Corazon C. Aquino, president (1986-1992), Republic of the Philippines

"It is necessary to learn from the experience of others, and Philanthropy and Law in Asia comes at the right time. This brilliant comparative study by Silk and his colleagues will be a catalyst for the further development of a nonprofit legal system in China." —Professor Shang Yusheng, secretary general, China Association of Science Foundations

"A major challenge facing many Asian countries is whether a more enabling environment can be created for indigenous philanthropic giving. By providing a comparative perspective on the legal framework for philanthropy in Asia, Philanthropy and Law in Asia makes an important contribution to that debate." —Tadashi Yamamoto, president, Japan Center for International Exchange

"The economic meltdown experienced in Asia has affected many millions of people. Philanthropy and Law in Asia comes at a very important time. More private enterprises should be aware of how they can get more results for every dollar they contribute for worthy causes. Philanthropy and Law in Asia provides interesting insights of which decision makers of major businesses should be aware." —Mechai Viravaidya, chairman, Population & Community Development Association, Minister to the Prime Minister (1991-1992), Bangkok

"With the growth in the size, scope and significance of foundations and other nonprofit organizations in Asia, attention has increasingly focused on the laws, regulations, and tax provisions governing the sector. The publication of Philanthropy and Law in Asia could not have come at a more opportune time." —Peter F. Geithner, senior advisor, Asia Center, Harvard University, and former director, Asia Programs, The Ford Foundation

"From 1990 to 1994, international giving by U.S. foundations to Asia rose 35 percent to almost $48 million. For the growing number of corporations and other funders interested in Asia, Philanthropy and Law in Asia provides invaluable insights to inform the context and backdrop for their grantmaking." —Dorothy S. Ridings, president, Council on Foundations, Washington, D. C.

"This enterprise has triumphed beyond any early imaginings. It is the kind of enterprise that I, as a teacher and writer on the field of nonprofit law for the past 35 years, have eagerly awaited. Philanthropy and Law in Asia will make a great deal of difference to a variety of constituencies in Asia and everywhere else. I include legislators, government officers, academics, nonprofit managers, lawyers--and also social scientists and historians, who can use this splAndid knowledge base as a window for comparative studies of culture and belief." —John D. Simon, Augustus Lines Professor of Law, Yale Law School, and founding director, Yale University Program on Nonprofit Organizations

About the Author

THOMAS SILK is legal director of the Comparative Nonprofit Law Project of the Asia Pacific region and president of Silk, Adler & Colvin, which specializes in advising philanthropists, domestic and international foundations, and other nonprofit organizations. He has taught nonprofit law at the School of Law of the University of California at Berkeley and at the Institute for Nonprofit Management at the University of San Francisco. The author of numerous articles, he has consulted on nonprofit legal matters in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (February 12, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787945102
• ISBN-13: 978-0787945107
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
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