Food for the Hungry and George Fox University host a Transformational Development Conference August 14-16 in Newberg, Oregon. Plenary speakers include Dr. Bryant Myers, Dr. Evvy Campbell, and Dr. Brian Fikkert. See TDconference@fh.org.
An anthropoligist view of World Vision in Zimbabwe. Erica Bornstein.
The importance of private property rights and collateral to the poor in developing nations. Hernando de Soto.
What does research say are the causes of the poverty of the bottom billion? Paul Collier
The goal of development is having more freedom to lead the kind of lives we have reason to value. Amartya Sen.
How important are children to economic development? Wess Stafford.
Lessons to be learned from indigenous Christians who risk their lives as environmental stewards in developing countries.
Do Christian development workers really get it? Paul Theroux
How should Christians respond to the tremendous economic disparities in our world? Ronald Sider