2010世界捐助指数TheWorldGivingIndex2010.pdf

The World Giving Index 2010 Contents Foreword 1 Methodology 2 Key findings 4 Section 1 World Giving Index 6 Section 2 Regional comparisons10 Section 3 Giving money, wealth and satisfaction with life 22 Section 4 Age and gender compared 24 Conclusion 31 World Giving Index full table 32 Copyright © Charities Aid Foundation 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Foreword Giving time or money voluntarily to help others is seen by sociologists as a marker of cohesiveness in a society. Almost all countries, cultures and faiths have their own traditions of giving which are complex and shaped by their history, customs and religion. The level of giving in a country indicates something about the strength of civil society – the extent to which individuals are willing and able to contribute towards addressing the needs of others both in their own localities and across borders. As an international charity that encourages cultures of giving and is renowned for its research on the latest philanthropic trends, we are frequently asked for up to date statistics on how societies donate to charity across the globe. Up until now very little data on this topic has existed, and certainly nothing on the scale of this report