Can we contemplate a world where extreme poverty is ended? I believe we can and that it is quite possible for such a world to emerge in my grandchildren's lifetimes. The key is to look beyond poverty as it exists now to see the larger trends over time. And it is these trends that are encouraging
There’s a Whole Lot More to Our Environmental Challenges Than Climate Change
Listening to the public environmental discourse at the moment I hear a lot about climate change and little else. The reality is that climate change is but one of many serious environmental challenges confronting the world today. My attention was drawn to this by a 2009 paper “A Safe Operating...
Child Sponsorship Ain’t What It Used to Be…It’s Better
Many aid agencies have radically changed the way they run child sponsorship programs. Fifty years of experience has helped them see that the older model has some glaring weaknesses. New models seek to avoid those weaknesses and are proving much more effective.
What We Need To Learn About Mission Among the Poor
In recent years there has been a growing interest among Christians in serving the poor. Unfortunately our enthusiasm is not always matched by wisdom. Wipf and Stock have published a paper I wrote on what the development sector has to teach us about being enthusiastic and effective. It’s part...