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William Wubbenhorst on Serve, West Dallas and FBO Evaluation

Tags: Advocates for Community Transformation (ACT), Amelia Earhart School, Arrvel Wilson, Brother Bill's Helping Hand Clinic, cupcakes, diabetes, expected value return on investment, faith-based initiative, faith-based organizations (FBOs), health, Kingdom consultant, Marvin Olasky, Mercy Street Mentoring, program evaluation, Scott Hanson, servant missionary approach, Service Optimizing Academic Reach (SOAR), social programs, West Dallas

Are faith-based efforts to transform an impoverished community in Texas effective? William Wubbenhorst, co-president of Social Capital Valuations, discusses this unique collaborative program to reduce social ills in West Dallas and how he has measured the program’s effectiveness. We cover the various component parts of Serve and discuss the various difficulties in evaluating programs such as this one.

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John Rees on International Development and Faith-Based Organizations

Tags: civil society, economic development, faith-based organizations (FBOs), good governance, international financial institutions, International Labor Organization, Jubilee 2000 movement, labor rights, microlending, political theology, structural adjustment, Tear Australia, Tony Blair Foundation, World Bank, World Council of Churches, World Faith Development Dialogue, World Vision

Why have faith-based organizations been ignored by the international development community for so long, and how are they starting to be integrated into efforts to improve the lives of individuals around the globe? Prof. John Rees of the University of Notre Dame in Australia provides us with a survey of the role religious groups have played in promoting economic development and social flourishing. We peer into the world of the World Bank, large international FBOs, and some grassroots efforts to see the problems and promise of foreign assistance.

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