Table of Contents
Articles
Should the Rules Governing Foundations be Placed in a Civil Code?
By Ulrich Drobnig
Strategic Options for Building the Chinese NGO Sector in an Open World
By Li-Qing Zhao
The Regulation by Public Bodies of Charities in Scotland and Northern Ireland
By Dr. Christine R. Barker and Dr. Kerry J. O’Halloran
Legislation for Non-Profit Organizations in the Republic of Moldova [Russian]
By Ilya Trombytsky
Endowments of Foundations Receive Contributions from the State Privatization Fund of the Czech Republic
By Petr Pajas
A Canadian Charity Tribunal: A Proposal for Implementation
By Arthur B.C. Drache, Q.C. with W. Laird Hunter
Case Notes
Asia Pacific:
the Philippines
European Court Cases:
European Court of Human Rights (Turkey) | European Court of Justice (Belgium)
Newly Independent States: Belarus
South Asia:
India
Western Europe:
Ireland
Country Reports
Asia Pacific:
Australia | China | Japan | Korea | New Zealand | the Philippines | Taiwan | Vietnam
Central and Eastern Europe: Regional | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia | Czech Republic | Kosovo | Montenegro | Slovakia
Latin America:
Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Uruguay | Venezuela
Middle East and North Africa: Iran | Israel | Palestine
Newly Independent States: Azerbaijan | Belarus | Kazakhstan | Moldova | Turkmenistan | Ukraine | Uzbekistan
North America:
Canada/ the United States
South Asia:
India
Sub-Saharan Africa:
Cameroon | South Africa
Western Europe:
France | Germany | the Netherlands | Portugal | Turkey | the United Kingdom
International Developments
Recognition and Protection of NGOs in International Law
By Frits Hondius
NGOs for Transparency and Against Corruption
By The Europhil Trust
International Grantmaking
Grantmaking and Embargoed Countries: An Overview Using Kosovo as a Case Study
By Timothy S. Burgett and Timothy R. Lyman
Dissolution Dos and Don'ts
By Karla W. Simon
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Country Reports: South Asia
India
The procedure for obtaining approval as a scientific research association, contributions to which qualify for a 125% deduction for income tax purposes, has been simplified by the Finance Ministry. For the year 2000/2001 onwards, applications for approval should be directed to the central government, instead of the Director General Income Tax Exemptions and the Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
(Tax Notes International, 4 October 1999)