From Dependence to Dignity: How to Alleviate Poverty through Church-Centered Microfinance

Part 1: Foundational Principles (Fikkert and Mask co-author each chapter) Chapter 1: Microfinance and Integral Mission Chapter 2: What is Poverty Alleviation? Chapter 3: Recalibrating Expectations Chapter 4: Coming to Terms with the Terms Chapter 5: Know Your Target Community (This might become simply a working paper on the website rather than an entire chapter.) Chapter 6: Making Financial Systems Work Part 2: MF/MED in Practice (Fikkert or Mask join practitioners from the Global South to write various chapters. Possible co-authors are listed below.) Chapter 7: Historical Overview of the MED/MF Movement (Mask joined by Ruth Callanta of Center for Community Transformation in the Philippines) Chapter 8: The MF Provider Model (Mask joined by Carlos Pimental of Esperanza in the Dominican Republic) Chapter 9: The MF Partnership Model (Mask joined by Luke Kinoti of Fusion Capital in Kenya) Chapter 10: The MF Promotion Model (Mask joined by Smita Donthamsetty of the Chalmers Center in the Dominican Republic) Chapter 11: Offering Complementary, Non-Financial Services (Fikkert joined by Alvin Mbola of Kenya) Chapter 12: Incentive Problems in Service Delivery (Fikkert joined by one of Chalmers Center's Mobile Training Center Operators in West Africa) Chapter 13: Next Steps (Fikkert and Mask)