Balancing Faith-Based Strategies in U.S.-Africa Policy
R. Drew Smith Monday, 1 September 2008
In their efforts to fight poverty and other debilitating social circumstances policymakers have identified faith-based organizations (FBOs) as underutilized resources for responding to a wide range of urgent social service needs. George W. Bush made "faith-based initiatives" a prominent theme of his presidency, and the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (along with comparable offices in 10 cabinet departments and three agencies) has worked to increase domestic and foreign policy collaborations between the faith sector and the federal government on social programming. Moreover, the trend predates the Bush administration and is not limited to Republicans; prominent Democrats such as Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama have also urged greater government support for FBOs as social service providers.
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