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December 2019 A joint work of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities and the PaRD work-stream on SDG 3: good health and well-being. The PaRD Health Work-stream commissioned this scoping study and the report was prepared under…

Reports on JLI's 2018 progress on goals in Evidence, Communications and Advocacy while highlighting projects and learning hub work.

Religion is a major cultural, social, political, and economic factor in many official development assistance (ODA) recipient countries.Understanding religious dynamics and the role of faith communities and actors is crucial for sustainable development. While faith communities have endured and thrived…

In the recent years, the widespread use of  faith-based non-governmental organizations (FBNGOs) in development is considered as a significant swing in development approaches. The previous disappointing result of the secular-based development strategy persuaded the international donor agencies to put a…

As official donors increasingly recognize the complex and intense connections between religion and development, many are asking European FBOs to articulate the value added of their faith. The Praxis Note No. 55 describes an attempt to research the impact of…

This report provides an analysis of data gathered for a learning review of the Amplifying Community Voices programme. A participatory research process gathered qualitative data from a range of stakeholders through interviews, focus groups, community and household visits in March…

Funding for research in international development often includes a focus on fair and equitable partnerships. Academics based in the global North are increasingly encouraged by funders to include academic partners based in the global South and civil society practitioners in…

Working in partnership is increasingly encouraged in the development research sector, with the Global Challenges Research Fund and the Newton Fund speaking to the importance of ‘fair and equitable partnerships’ between different stakeholders. A new report and learning resources from…

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Although faith based organizations (FBOs) have had a long presence teaching health personnel and delivering health services to many rural and remote populations in the developing world, their poor visibility for this work can be due to several factors. FBOs…

The Enhancing Community Resilience Programme (ECRP) works to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, reduce vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of around 77,000 households. In total, it reaches 423,000 people across seven districts who are among the hardest hit by climate…

This discussion guide and toolkit provides ideas and approaches to enable you to think through your research partnerships; to encourage you to critically engage with issues such as the roles different actors play in partnership; and what types of evidence…

Family Planning Advocacy Through Religious Leaders: A Guide for Faith Communities.  This document guides the efforts of faith-based organizations to equip and encourage religious leaders to advocate for family planning with their governments, the media and their own congregations and communities.…

This is a conference report from Yale University 20 & 21 September 2016 on measuring, evaluating and reporting the role of faith-based interventions on reducing poverty and promoting well-being globally. The conference was sponsored by Yale University, Innovations for Poverty Action,…

The purpose of this report is to document and discuss the asset-based work of Mukuru on the Move (MOTM), a program developed in collaboration between the Interfaith Health Program (IHP) at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA and St. Paul’s University,…

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE? The quality and use of evidence in humanitarian action Paul Knox Clarke and James Darcy ALNAP Study This paper reviews the quality of evidence available today to support humanitarian action. It focuses primarily on evidence generated by the ‘formal…

This paper outlines some faith-related controversies, describes how they influence health-care provision and uptake, and identifies opportunities for research and increased interaction between faith leaders and health-care providers to improve health care.

Understanding the roles of faith-based health-care providers in Africa: review of the evidence with a focus on magnitude, reach, cost, and satisfaction. At a time when many countries might not achieve the health targets of the Millennium Development Goals and…

Following an 18-month programme of research into the role of faith-based charities, authors Lucy de Las Casas and Rachel Wharton drew together the key findings of their work. They outlined what makes faith-based charities unique, the contribution they make to the…

This publication is collection of testimonies in English and in Japanese, from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Written by Masahiko Murakami, Ken'ichi Kurosawa, Yoshihiro Matsumoto's stories might be appropriate. Mikio Yamane's testimony introduces our organizational activity. Published by Soka Gakkai…

Road Map to Resilient Communities: Church Agencies Network, Disaster Operations.

Matthew Frost delivers opening remarks of the Religious & Faith-based Communities Perspectives Panel. To watch the video, please click the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRaCrT3dnJY

Report on the role of religion and development. Download the resource from the download link

To read and download KAICIID International Dialogue Centre's Factsheet, as well as other resources, click here: http://www.kaiciid.org/publications-resources/kaiciid-factsheet   

Click here to read what IMA World Health is doing related to Faith-Based Organization (FBO) Engagement: http://imaworldhealth.org/faith-based-organization-fbo-engagement/

The recent outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa brought great loss of life and health. The world has responded with great care and attention and the people of impacted countries have shown resilience during these difficult times.…

Statement from FBOs regarding unmentioned faith in the Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030 during WCDRR 2015 in Sendai Japan. To see the document, and other publications by the Humanitarian Forum Indonesia, click here: http://www.humanitarianforumindonesia.org/Download/SeminarMaterial.aspx

Islam provides a holistic understanding of human development anchored on the maqasid or agreed upon objectives of Shari’a. According to this understanding, human development is the process of maintaining human dignity to achieve well-being. The Islamic model presented here recognises poverty as deprivation in…

The  Review of Faith and International Affairs has just published a special series on Religion and Development See Journal here edited by Jill Olivier with a grant from JLIF&LC through DFID support Includes the following articles: Innovative Faith-Community Responses to HIV…

Presentation for the EWG, April 28, 2016

Presentation to the Evidence Working Group - April 28, 2016 Associated Resource: https://jliflc.com/resources/overview-data-collected-icm/  

Resource associated with PPT presentation by Victor Kazanjian, United Religions Initiative to the Evidence Working Group on Apr 28, 2016

Resource associated with PPT presentation by Victor Kazanjian, United Religions Initiative to the Evidence Working Group on Apr 28, 2016

PowerPoint Presentation by Victor Kazanjian, United Religions Initiative Presented at Evidence Working Group, April 28

Supporting summary & synthesis table of mapping strategies: Table

KAICIID Mapping Dialogue for Peace: http://www.kaiciid.org/what-we-do/knowledge/mapping-dialogue-peace The Peace Mapping Programme aims to: display the breadth of interreligious dialogue (IRD) activities promoted by international organizations; analyze the many ways its practitioners engage in interreligious and intercultural understanding, and promote peacebuilding, either directly…

Episcopal Asset Map   Submitted by Abagail Nelson, Episcopal Relief & Development, with the comments below: Please see the link here to the Episcopal Asset Map - a crowd sourced, church administrated, mapping effort shared by Episcopal Relief & Development…

Lean Research is about making the research process more relevant and meaningful and less burdensome and extractive for the people and communities involved. The following resources were submitted by Evidence Working Group member Victor Kazanjian, URI: This work is done…

Regional Working Meeting Report - Wheaton, Illinois

Many faith-based organizations are increasingly concerned that secular systems of measurement and evaluation do not fully reflect their organizations’ work or desired impact. Calls have been made for the development of “faith-based measurement and metrics”. This framework includes ‘spiritual’ outcomes…

Bruce Wydick writes in the World Bank Group's Development Impact blog about a new body of work within development economics that views lack of hope and aspirations failure as an important contributor to development traps. Link: http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/measuring-hope-guest-post-by-bruce-wydick

Abstract: This paper seeks to create a framework for understanding the role of hope and aspirations in economic development. We review the literature on hope from philosophy, theology, psychology, and its relationship to emerging work on aspirations in development economics.…

Christian development agencies, mission organizations, educational institutions and churches who want to have people come to know Christ and deepen their relationship of discipleship with Him, have a struggle on their hands:  how do they know if they are having…

The Faith-based Action Framework, announced on September 24, 2015 at the "Meeting the Moral Imperative to End Extreme Poverty and Advance the SDGs", is a working document developed by FBO and religious leaders. Religious leaders presented the Framework, and its three…

The Religion & Sustainable Development Conference Proceedings provide an account of the Religion & Sustainable Development Conference and summarize the resulting key findings and recommendations. Links to resources on the Online Religion & Sustainable Development Conference Information Platform are inserted…

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Please click the link to the right to view the following resource: Book: Keeping Faith in Faith-Based Organizations: A Practical Theology of Salvation Army Health Ministry  

The following case study takes in a small sampling of activities conducted by the Adventist Church
under the Papua New Guinea Church Partnership Program between 2010 and 2012. This study focuses on family life, education, and HIV/AIDS.