Resources

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   

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…

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…

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…

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

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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

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…

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…

Regional Working Meeting Report - Wheaton, Illinois

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…

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…

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

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…