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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Cost-Effective Compassion: The 10 Most Popular Strategies for Helping the Poor. Economists rate impact. (Article from Christianity Today)

This article is a fantastic source of information on how to give wisely and effectively - in other words, actually make an impact. Written by an Economist and with input from another 16 economists specializing in this area, I believe you will find this a very valuable article... Christian or not.

This is mostly about numbers and sometimes doesn't take into account the heart and soul of the matter as much as it should ( but that is hard to measure ).

 However, I was not surprised to see that child sponsorship was very near the top - and if you want a long term, holistic approach , I think even the author would agree it is the single most effective way to give and impact against poverty and for individuals and even their countries.

I was also not surprised to see that Compassion International was highly regarded. (For my take on this organization read Child sponsorship why I chose Compassion International )



From Christianity Today:


Cost-Effective Compassion: The 10 Most Popular Strategies for Helping the Poor
Economists rate impact.