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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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