Viewpoint: Giving research is good, but is the agenda right?

By Adrian Sargeant, Third Sector, 5 December 2007

The new Centre for Charitable Giving may be of little help to fundraisers because the profession's big issues are not on the menu.

After months of consultation, the new Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy, which is based at various universities, is finally here. The development is overdue: the sector has been hampered by poor-quality information, conflicting data and a lack of interest from academe on giving and philanthropic fundraising. I can remember...

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