"Global giving from all countries around the world is on the rise and is fully recognized as a major force in changing the decades-old government aid architecture. Measuring the sources and amounts of these private resource flows, along with the best practices and success stories, are the key objectives of the Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances. For the first time, the Index includes breakouts of private giving by region and by type of activity - helping us to better understand the nature of this aid. Our fourth annual Index breaks new ground by gathering improved private giving numbers for 11 donor countries besides the United States, resulting in significantly higher private giving numbers than previously. New private giving models - venture philanthropy, online giving, cause-related marketing, and text-messaging fundraising - are at work, not just in America, but throughout Europe and the developing world, changing the landscape of foreign aid forever"--Page 4 of cover