Sinopsis
Authors Peter Greer and Phil Smith draw on their personal experiences to discuss proven solutions for effectively alleviating poverty. Created to Flourish examines the pitfalls of traditional approaches and outlines a new model of economic development aimed at breaking the cycle of dependency.
Episodios
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Conclusion: Celebrating with Goats
13/04/2018 Duración: 05minIn our final episode, we’ll share one last story of flourishing from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Chapter 14: Rolling Up Our Sleeves
13/04/2018 Duración: 31minIn this episode, we’ll talk about choosing effective organizations to support.
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Chapter 13: Pastors Seldom Make Good Bankers
13/04/2018 Duración: 16minIn this episode, we’ll talk through some of the common pitfalls microfinance institutions face—and how to avoid them.
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Chapter 12: Getting Beyond the Starting Gate
13/04/2018 Duración: 16minIn this episode, we’ll get practical—and talk about how you and your church can get involved with microfinance.
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Chapter 11: Saving with the Church
13/04/2018 Duración: 17minIn this episode, we’ll learn how the local church can help facilitate savings group programs.
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Chapter 10: Using the Second-Best Distribution System
13/04/2018 Duración: 17minIn this episode, we’ll talk about how the local church plays a crucial role in serving the community around it, and why HOPE International incorporates the Gospel into its services.
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Chapter 9: It Can’t Be That Good, Can It?
13/04/2018 Duración: 17minIn this episode, we’ll put things in perspective, discussing how microfinance and savings groups fit into the larger set of tools that fight poverty.
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Chapter 8: Exploring Variations
13/04/2018 Duración: 34minIn this episode, we’ll talk about some of the diverse services that microfinance organizations provide to their clients.
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Chapter 7: Microfinance Goes Mainstream
13/04/2018 Duración: 30minIn this episode, we’ll talk about the microfinance movement and its impact around the world.
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Chapter 6: A Brass Ring
13/04/2018 Duración: 21minIn this episode, we’ll delve more deeply into savings groups—what they are, how they work, and why they matter.
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Chapter 5: Unlocking Entrepreneurship
13/04/2018 Duración: 19minIn this episode, we’ll talk about why it matters when individuals receive access to small loans and a safe place to save.
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Chapter 4: A Hand Up, Not a Handout
13/04/2018 Duración: 16minIn this episode, we’ll talk about God’s design for all people to work—and what it means when people do not have the opportunity to work.
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Chapter 3: Searching for Solutions that Work
13/04/2018 Duración: 24minIn this episode, we’ll hear how traditional solutions to poverty not only often fail—but also can hurt the very communities they seek to aid.
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Chapter 2: Making a Feast for Jesus
13/04/2018 Duración: 31minIn this episode, Phil Smith delves into how the church is uniquely called to respond to global need, following Christ’s example.
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Chapter 1: Flower Petals in the Face
13/04/2018 Duración: 13minIn this episode, Peter Greer explores the scope of global need—and how poverty in developing countries differs from poverty in the United States.
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Introduction to Created to Flourish
13/04/2018 Duración: 12minIn this episode, we’ll hear from our two authors about their experiences grappling with questions of global need.
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The founding of a microfinance institution
12/04/2018 Duración: 06minIn this episode, we’ll hear how a Pennsylvania farmer’s experience in post-Soviet Union Ukraine led him to found a microfinance institution.