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Faith-Based Organizations and the Provision of Informal Social Safety Nets

Mohammad Ashraf (ashraf@uncp.edu)

Chapter Chapter 8 in Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets, 2014, pp 165-191 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter I argue that the provision of social safety nets by faith-based organizations (FBOs) is not a good idea. I argue that because there is significant discrimination on the part of the faithful toward those who either practice a different religion or do not strictly adhere to the tenets, or do not practice religion at all, religious organizations are not suitable for such a purpose. I also argue that the provision of social safety nets through FBOs may not be a good idea on efficiency basis either. For one to measure the efficiency of an organization, one needs data. Since FBOs do not provide data about their financial undertakings, we cannot take it on “faith” that FBOs are more efficient in the delivery of social safety nets as compared with the government.

Keywords: Male Circumcision; Religious Organization; Penile Cancer; Religious Text; Woman Religious (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137388742_8

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