Development, Divinity and Dharma: The Role of Religion in Development and Microfinance Institutions - Brossura

Harper, Malcolm; Sahu, Ashis Kumar

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1853396559 ISBN 13: 9781853396557

Casa editrice: Practical Action Pub, 2008

Riassunto

Faith-based institutions are getting involved in economic development programmes, including microfinance, and many foreign donors are looking to religious organizations for new ways to reach the poorest people. This book considers the work of a number of these, of different faiths, and asks what is 'special' about them. Do religious links make these organizations more or less effective? Should spiritual development and economic upliftment be kept apart? Development, Divinity and Dharma explores these questions by examining a number of Hindu, Christian and Muslim institutions in India and in Pakistan. Its main focus is the Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development programme, which though little known outside south India, has changed the lives of almost half a million people, including Hindus, Muslims and Christians, through social and economic development programmes which are motivated by religious faith.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Practical Action Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1853396559
• ISBN 13: 9781853396557
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 178
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile