Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1. Separate or Common Worlds? Faith and Development Partnerships for the New Millennium -- Millennium Goals and Challenges -- Mind, Heart, and Soul (and Hands) -- The Book -- PART I: FAITH PERSPECTIVES AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY -- Introduction -- 2. Beyond "Consultation without Participation"? Faith Institution Engagement with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Proces -- PRSP Process-the Backdrop -- WFDD Consultation with Faith Leaders on the PRSP Experience -- The PRSP Consultation Itself -- Some Conclusions -- 3. Learning with Jubilee: World Bank Engagement with the Jubilee 2000 Debt Campaign -- Origins of Jubilee 2000 -- The Moral Case for Debt Forgiveness -- The Jubilee 2000 Debt Campaign -- Debt in the Poorest Countries -- The First Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative -- Enhanced HIPC Initiative and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers -- The Outcome: HIPC Debt Relief -- A Jubilee Vision for the Future -- Appendix. Bolivia: Jubilee 2000, National Dialogue, and the Catholic Church -- 4. The Fez Colloquium: "Giving Soul to Globalization" -- The Fez Festival -- Colloquium, Giving Soul to Globalization -- 2003 Colloquium -- 2004 Colloquium -- 5. Attacking Extreme Poverty: Learning from the ATD Fourth World Movement -- ATD's Human Rights Framework -- Doña Matilda and the Street Library -- Learning with the Poorest -- 6. The Inter-American Development Bank Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics, and Development -- Vision for the Initiative -- Concrete Goals -- Programs and Actions -- Appendix. Economic Crisis and the "New Poor": Aiding the Jewish Population in Argentina -- 7. The Significance of Decent Work: Faith Insights into an International Priority -- The Foundation: Utilitarian and Values-Based Approaches to Regulation -- ILO-WCC Dialogue.

Reflections on Decent Work and Faith Traditions -- The Ethical Responsibility of Work -- 8. Exploring Country Faith-Development Partnerships -- Guatemala -- Ethiopia -- Tanzania -- PART II: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGES FOR FAITH AND DEVELOPMENT -- Introduction -- HIV/AIDS-Today's Moral Imperative for Development -- Maternal and Child Health -- Children's Education -- Environmental Preservation -- 9. Conquering Slim: Uganda's War on HIV/AIDS -- Political Commitment and Leadership -- The ABC Strategy -- The Role of Religious Leaders -- The Importance of Organization and Networking -- Challenges Ahead -- 10. A DREAM? Sant'Egidio Fighting HIV/AIDS in Mozambique -- Mozambique and the Challenge of HIV/AIDS -- The Community of Sant'Egidio -- Sant'Egidio and Mozambique -- HIV/AIDS-The DREAM Project -- 11. Creative Partnerships in Fighting HIV/AIDS -- Another Chance: Hope for African Children Initiative -- Prescription for Hope: An Evangelical Movement's Outreach on HIV/AIDS -- 12. Religious Organizations for Reproductive Health: A Ghana-UNFPA Partnership -- National Reproductive Health Situation -- Beyond and between the Numbers -- First Initiatives in Reproductive Health Programming with Faith Organizations -- Steps Forward for Faith-Based Collaborations -- Looking Ahead -- 13. Fighting Female Genital Cutting: Religious and Traditional Leaders' Roles in Combating Genital Cutting in Senegal and Uganda -- Leadership of the Women of Malicounda Bambara, Senegal -- The Sabiny Elders and Project REACH in Uganda -- Concluding Thoughts -- 14. Educating Successful Leaders for Successful Latin American Societies: Jesuit Education and the Centro Magis -- Where the Asphalt Ends, Fe y Alegría Begins -- AVINA Foundation Partnership with the Jesuit Order -- Centro Magis: Investing in Partnerships -- Appendix. Fe y Alegría Operations.

15. Expanding Early Childhood Education: Madrasas in East Africa -- The MRCs' Approach to Community-Based Preschool -- Program Development, 1995-2001 -- Addressing Long-Term Sustainability -- Evaluating the Program -- Challenges Ahead -- 16. "Mountains Have Deities and Water a Spirit": The Mongolian Sacred Sites Initiative-A Partnership Linking Faith and Forests -- The Mongolian Sacred Sites Initiative -- PART III: PEACE FOR GOD -- Introduction -- 17. Faith Dimensions of Peace and Development in Colombia -- Origins of the Program -- The Participatory, Faith-Based Approach -- Common Values -- 18. Sri Lanka: Delivering Aid and Building Partnerships amid Armed Conflict -- The Conflict -- The Northeast Irrigated Agriculture Project -- The Framework for Relief, Rehabilitation, and Reconciliation -- Lessons from the RRR Consultation Process -- Appendix. NEIAP in Action in a Conflict-Affected Community -- 19. "Kacel pi Kuc": Together for Peace in Uganda -- Conflict in Northern Uganda -- Acholi Religious Leaders' Peace Initiative -- The Mennonite Central Committee -- Northern Uganda Social Action Fund -- 20. Social Funds for Peace and Development in Conflict Regions of the Philippines -- The Conflict -- Negotiations Begin -- Movement toward Peace and Development -- Further Conflict -- Working with Internally Displaced Persons -- An Enhanced Social Fund -- 21. Building Peace in Cambodia: Faith Initiatives 1992-2001 -- Cambodian Buddhism and Its "Tragedy of History" -- Returning to Buddhism in Post-Socialist Cambodia -- The Dhammayietra -- The Dhammayietra's Peace Walks Multiply -- Initiatives with International Faith-Based NGOs -- The Grassroots Power of Religion -- 22. The Community of Sant'Egidio: Its Role in Mediating Peace -- Sant'Egidio's Role as a Peace Mediator -- Mozambique -- Albania -- 23. Toward Conclusions: Covenants for Action.

Looking Ahead: Returning to Where We Started, and Seeing for the First Time -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- BOXES -- 1.1 The Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals -- "Working for God": Cost-Benefit Reflections on Faith-Run Clinics in Uganda -- 15.1 Keys to Success -- TABLE -- 15.1 Beneficiaries of the Madrasa Early Childhood Education Program.