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Books

Kingdom Business. 
By David Befus. 2001. 
Miami: Latin American Mission. 
http://www.lam.org/

 

Christian Microenterprise Development: A Handbook.
By David Bussau and Russell Mask.  2003.

 

Walking with the poor: principles and practices of transformational development. 
By Bryant L. Myers. 1999. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 
http://www.maryknoll.org/

 

The Poor and Their Money: An Essay About Financial Services for Poor People. 
By Stuart Rutherford. 1999. Manchester: Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester. 

 

Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity.
By Ron Sider. 1997. Dallas: Word 


Summer 2008 Recommended Reading
Summer is upon us, and now's the perfect time to crack open a book. To help guide your selections, I'm suggesting my Five Talents' Top Summer Reading Picks:

(If you are looking for a great summer read and you buy books online, please consider using Good Shop. By purchasing these books through Good Shop, you'll also be financially supporting Five Talents. Just enter "Five Talents International" as your preferred charity, and click on the Barnes & Noble link. When you make your book purchase, 2.5% of your purchase price will be donated to Five Talents!)

What Can One Person Do?: Faith to Heal a Broken World
By Sabina Alkire and Edmund Newell

The Price of a Dream: the Story of the Grameen Bank
By David Bornstein

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
By Immaculee Ilibagiza

 

 

 

Websites

Chalmers Center:  http://www.chalmers.org/

Consultive Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) (World Bank):  http://www.cgap.org/ 

Microcredit Summit:  http://www.microcreditsummit.org/

Microfinance Gateway:   http://www.microfinancegateway.org

SEEP Network:  http://www.seepnetwork.org/ 

Virtual Library on Microcredit:  http://www.gdrc.org/