It’s not news: Getting a job is probably the most basic way to get out of poverty. That’s why I’m amazed by the fact that in Christianity Today’s list of top 10 poverty alleviation strategies, only one directly involves job creation (microfinance). See list below. Get clean water to rural villages. Fund de-worming treatments...
Wealth Creation: Taking China’s Story of Success to Africa
Thirty years ago, a greater percentage of China’s population lived below the poverty line than in most other countries, according to the World Bank. Drastic economic reforms were undertaken. From 1981 to 2005, the proportion of China’s population living in poverty dropped from 84 percent to 16 percent. Photo courtesy of Joel Esler China’s...
Five Things I Love About Africa
Headlines often paint one image of Africa—a portrait of poverty, AIDs, and war. That’s unfortunate. There is so much life, vitality, and beauty. I recently had a chance to visit three countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, and Rwanda, and I came away with images of hope, not of despair. Here...