When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
Written by Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert, John Perkins and David Platt
Narrated by Brendan Hunter
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About this audiobook
With more than 450,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation.
Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and unintentionally) done more harm than good.
But it looks ahead. It encourages us to see the dignity in everyone, to empower the materially poor, and to know that we are all uniquely needy—and that God in the gospel is reconciling all things to himself.
Focusing on both North American and Majority World contexts, When Helping Hurts provides proven strategies for effective poverty alleviation, catalyzing the idea that sustainable change comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out.
Steve Corbett
STEVE CORBETT is the Community Development Specialist for the Chalmers Center for Economic Development and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Community Development at Covenant College. Previously, Steve worked for Food for the Hungry International as the Regional Director for Central And South America and as Director of Staff Training. Steve has a B.A. from covenant College and a M.Ed. in Adult Education from the University of Georgia.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a beautiful piece of writing helping people understand the proper way to alleviate poverty without hurting themselves or others. I highly recommend it especially to missionaries
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I thought it was a good book that addresses many sides to the issues.