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| CATEGORIES ABOUT GLOBALGIVING | |
| philanthropy | |
| charities based in the united states | |
| childrens charities | |
| development charities | |
| p2p charities | |
| crowdfunding | |
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GlobalGiving has been compared in the national media to the " EBay of international aid." {Link without Title} The philosophy underlying GlobalGiving is that market-based mechanisms can dramatically increase access and help ensure that aid resources flow to their best use, and can stimulate innovation in a way that existing approaches find difficult. Some of the world's leading companies such as Hewlett-Packard have used the GlobalGiving platform to allow their employees to donate directly to grassroots social and economic development projects around the world. {Link without Title} And some of the world's leading NGOs (non-profits) such as have elected to use the GlobalGiving platform, and selected winners of the World Bank's Development Marketplace are also eligible. {Link without Title} GlobalGiving was created by two former staff of the World Bank to establish a more distributed, networked alternative to international development project design and funding. EXTERNAL LINK
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