CARE, Save the Children, and World Vision are combining value chain development (VCD) with gender and nutrition programming to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among the extremely poor. We explore what is unique about VCD with the extremely poor and how specific levers enhance productivity...

We integrate theological, financial, and social science scholarship to create a model which describes lifetime charitable giving, or the voluntary sharing of financial and other resources over the lifecycle. As background for the model, we review Christian thought on tithing and the spirituality...

Service quality, and the service-oriented practices that create that quality, have been shown to yield competitive advantage to firms in developed and mature markets. The role that service-driven practices play in transitional economies, however, has not been tested. In this study, the SERVOR...