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Suggested Reading

USAID's Final Rule for Participation by Religious Organizations

• Final Rule on Participation by Religious Organizations in USAID Programs, October 20, 2004

Development and Faith-Based Books and Articles

• Cnaan, Ram A. with Robert J. Wineburg and Stephanie C. Boddie, The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership (New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1999).

• Dionne, E. J., Jr. and Ming Hsu Chen, eds., Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity? (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2001).

• Eberly, Don. The Rise of Global Civil Society: Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom-Up (New York: Encounter Books, 2008).

• Johnson, Byron R. Objective Hope: Assessing the Effectiveness of Faith-Based Organizations: A Review of the Literature (Philadelphia: Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, 2002).

• Loconte, Joseph. God, Government and the Good Samaritan: The Promise and the Peril of the President's Faith-Based Agenda (Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2001).

• Lugo, Luis E. Equal Partners: The Welfare Responsibility of Governments and Churches (Washington, DC: Center for Public Justice, 1998).

• McDonnell, Margaret. "The Role of Faith-Based Groups in the Campaign to End Modern-Day Slavery," Monday Developments (September 2007).

• Monsma, Stephen V. When Sacred and Secular Mix: Religious Nonprofit Organizations and Public Money (Lanham,Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996).

• The Nonprofit Sector and Government: Clarifying the Relationship (Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute, 2002).

• Olasky, Marvin. Compassionate Conservatism: What It Is, What It Does, And How It Can Transform America (New York: Free Press, 2000).

• Religious Organizations and Government (Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute, 2002).

• Sider, Ronald J. "The Case for Discrimination," First Things (June/July 2002).

• Streeter, Ryan. Transforming Charity: Toward a Results-Oriented Social Sector (Indianapolis: The Hudson Institute, 2001).

Internet Accessible Articles, Studies and Tips

• Former CFBCI Director Terri Hasdorff's Congressional Hearing: "Faith-Based Organizations and U.S. Programming in Africa," Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, U.S. House of Representatives, September 28, 2006.

• Read Former CFBCI Director Terri Hasdorff's remarks to the UN Info Poverty Conference April 19, 2007.

• Tips for groups working in HIV/AIDS

• Hogle, Janice. "What Happened in Uganda?: Declining HIV Prevalence, Behavior Change, and the National Response," USAID, September 2002.

• Engaging with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: A Primer for Faith-Based Organizations (pdf)

• Burnside, Craig & Dollar, David, "Aid, Policies, and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence" Policy Research Working Paper Series, (The World Bank 2004).

• Collier, Paul & Dollar, David, "Can the World Cut Poverty in Half? How Policy Reform and Effective Aid can Meet International Development Goals" Policy Research Working Paper Series (The World Bank 2000).

• Sharma, Ritu R., An Introduction to Advocacy: A Training Guide, Academy for Educational Development and USAID.

• Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa, Academy for Educational Development and the World Bank, 2005.

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