Working with the biggest corporation in the world – the church
The church needs to be taken more seriously in global development. Why? It has the resources needed to support or implement small and large-scale initiatives, argues Kate Sharma
Reducing the cost of fighting malaria through faith-based outreach
After the review of DfID's malaria spending, Ruth Turner suggests that working with religious groups is a cost-effective and sustainable way to fund malaria prevention programmes
Taking the view that religion is irrelevant would ignore lessons that can be learnt from faith groups and, as importantly, those that can be taught to them, argues Sophie Ayling
Rowan Williams: Faith and development: Attempts to bypass local networks, local styles of decision-making and local rationales invariably produce resentment
Douglas Alexander: Faith and development: Debates about religion and HIV are skewed by the question of contraception. We shouldn't allow such disagreements to blind us to the difference faith leaders can make
Abdal Hakim Murad: Faith and development: The message of Islam is that pursuit of money for its own sake is unnatural, inhumane, and will lead us to catastrophe
Ken Costa: Faith and development: People of religious faith have a unique opportunity in the present financial crisis to offer their values to the marketplace
