25. Brazil vs. China

The country that I did my readings on for last week was Brazil. A difference between Brazil and China is that they both have different challenges within the nonprofit sector. The challenges faced by Brazil mean that there is an overwhelming need to strengthen the transformative capacity of the nonprofit sector, and specifically the philanthropic sector. “Brazil is the largest, richest, and most populous country in Latin America, with a population of 175 million people and a gross national product of US $452.4 billion, but it is also a place of supremely unequal wealth distribution, where 10% of the population possesses 50% of the country’s revenue and the 50% poorest possesses only 10%. This central challenge makes demands on all of society today, but perhaps most of all on the philanthropic sector because of its capacity to convene actors of change and sponsor change.” (The Future of Philanthropy in Brazil: Creating a More Diverse Sector. By: Candace Lessa and Fernando Rossetti). China’s biggest challenge in meeting the rising demands for social issues are due to the lack of business resources, management training and skills, and funding (The McKinsey Quarterly Developing China’s Nonprofit Sector). And yet, in a way they are also similar. They both do not have a lot of funding for this non-profit sector, and yet they yearn to support it.

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