With more than 450,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a
paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty
alleviation.Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material
resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve
it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to
consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and
unintentionally) done more harm than good. But it looks ahead. It
encourages us to see the dignity in everyone, to empower the materially
poor, and to know that we are all uniquely needy-and that God in the
gospel is reconciling all things to himself. Focusing on both North
American and Majority World contexts, When Helping Hurts provides proven
strategies for effective poverty alleviation, catalyzing the idea that
sustainable change comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out.