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Authors Peter Greer and Phil Smith draw on their personal experiences to discuss proven solutions for effectively alleviating poverty. Created to Flourish examines the pitfalls of traditional approaches and outlines a new model of economic development aimed at breaking the cycle of dependency.

HOPE International

  • Apr 13, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 19m AVG DURATION
  • 17 EPISODES


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Conclusion: Celebrating with Goats

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 5:58


In our final episode, we’ll share one last story of flourishing from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Chapter 14: Rolling Up Our Sleeves

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 31:31


In this episode, we’ll talk about choosing effective organizations to support.

Chapter 13: Pastors Seldom Make Good Bankers

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 16:40


In this episode, we’ll talk through some of the common pitfalls microfinance institutions face—and how to avoid them.

Chapter 12: Getting Beyond the Starting Gate

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 16:03


In this episode, we’ll get practical—and talk about how you and your church can get involved with microfinance.

Chapter 11: Saving with the Church

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 17:27


In this episode, we’ll learn how the local church can help facilitate savings group programs.

Chapter 10: Using the Second-Best Distribution System

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 17:27


In this episode, we’ll talk about how the local church plays a crucial role in serving the community around it, and why HOPE International incorporates the Gospel into its services.

Chapter 9: It Can’t Be That Good, Can It?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 17:35


In this episode, we’ll put things in perspective, discussing how microfinance and savings groups fit into the larger set of tools that fight poverty.

Chapter 8: Exploring Variations

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 34:28


In this episode, we’ll talk about some of the diverse services that microfinance organizations provide to their clients.

Chapter 7: Microfinance Goes Mainstream

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 30:14


In this episode, we’ll talk about the microfinance movement and its impact around the world.

Chapter 6: A Brass Ring

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 21:25


In this episode, we’ll delve more deeply into savings groups—what they are, how they work, and why they matter.

Chapter 5: Unlocking Entrepreneurship

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 19:35


In this episode, we’ll talk about why it matters when individuals receive access to small loans and a safe place to save.

Chapter 4: A Hand Up, Not a Handout

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 16:35


In this episode, we’ll talk about God’s design for all people to work—and what it means when people do not have the opportunity to work.

Chapter 3: Searching for Solutions that Work

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 24:58


In this episode, we’ll hear how traditional solutions to poverty not only often fail—but also can hurt the very communities they seek to aid.

Chapter 2: Making a Feast for Jesus

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 31:05


In this episode, Phil Smith delves into how the church is uniquely called to respond to global need, following Christ’s example.

Chapter 1: Flower Petals in the Face

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 13:31


In this episode, Peter Greer explores the scope of global need—and how poverty in developing countries differs from poverty in the United States.

Introduction to Created to Flourish

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 12:21


In this episode, we’ll hear from our two authors about their experiences grappling with questions of global need.

The founding of a microfinance institution

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2018 6:48


In this episode, we’ll hear how a Pennsylvania farmer’s experience in post-Soviet Union Ukraine led him to found a microfinance institution.

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