The World's Best Book Summaries
Why don’t short-term missions help the poor? What poverty interventions work better than short-term missions? In When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert encourage long-term development to help poor communities. To achieve this, they suggest a few poverty interventions to set communities on a successful path toward growth. Keep reading to learn more about these development strategies that are better than short-term missions.
What does poverty around the world look like? How can we better understand poverty at a deeper level? Poverty is an issue happening all around the world, but some people are approaching assistance in the wrong way. In When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert say that before trying to reduce poverty, you need to understand what exactly is causing poverty. Find out what poverty around the world looks like so you can help solve it.
What is the key to alleviating poverty? How will job assistance programs help the poor? One solution that Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, authors of When Helping Hurts, offer to reduce poverty is to set up job preparation programs in local communities. These programs can help improve skill sets and create job interview opportunities. Read below to learn how job assistance programs are the key to poverty alleviation.
What is an asset-based community development approach? Why should you focus on assets when reducing poverty? In When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert say that sometimes outside resources are not the solution to reducing poverty in communities. Instead, you should first look at what the community already has and work from there. Below we’ll look at how assets can change how you approach poverty alleviation.
How do immigrants help the economy in the United States? What are the domestic benefits of immigration? The U.S. is facing an unprecedented influx of immigrants seeking asylum. While many advocate deportation, research suggests the U.S. could benefit economically by allowing immigrants currently in the U.S. to stay and work. Keep reading to learn the two major ways that immigrants help the economy.
Who is eligible for student loan forgiveness? Could your loans be entirely eliminated? What other debt relief perks are you eligible for? President Biden announced his debt relief plan in August, which will forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt. Millions of people are applauding the plan’s aim to help current and former college students survive the burden of student loan debt. Read on to learn who is eligible for student loan forgiveness under Biden’s debt relief plan.
What is the book When Helping Hurts about? What should you take away from the book? Since the 1980s, short-term mission trips have become a popular form of ministry for many evangelical Christian churches throughout North America. Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert express concern that many of these missions do more harm than good. Read below for a brief overview of their book When Helping Hurts.
What is microfinance? What are a few microfinance models? Microfinance is a particularly effective tool for catalyzing long-term development and helping poor people in developing countries improve their lives and businesses. There are three microfinance models that churches can get involved in to help those in poverty. Let’s look at what microfinance is and the three models that churches can use.
What are some possible solutions to poverty? How will these tactics help your local communities? In When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert outline three specific intervention tactics for your church to consider as you contemplate ways to help the poor in your area. These tactics are job preparation, financial education, and opportunities for wealth accumulation. Let’s discuss each of these solutions to poverty in turn.
What are offshoring and outsourcing? Are they good or bad? In The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman examines the forces of globalization, where they came from, how they’re changing the world, and what the globalized future might hold. He discusses new forms of collaboration that accelerate globalization. Those developments include outsourcing and offshoring. Read more to understand how offshoring and outsourcing in the United States contribute to globalization and for a brief discussion on the pros and cons of outsourcing in particular.