Download or read book Leverage for Good written by Lester M. Salamon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the first comprehensive and authoritative account of the new actors and tools revolutionizing global philanthropy and social investment at the present time. At a time of declining government resources and limited charitable capability, this development represents one of the most hopeful signs for gaining meaningful traction on the globe's escalating problems of poverty, environmental degradation, and despair.