ABSTRACT
Faith-based organisations (FBOs) are widely seen as important actors in development in the developing world. This chapter is concerned with relatively brief, yet hopefully sufficiently substantive, analyses of: how and with what effects FBOs interact with various secular development agencies, notably the World Bank, and the problems and prospects of FBO-state engagement on development in developing countries. It briefly examines changing approaches to development, and focuses on general links between FBOs and development. The chapter also briefly examines the World Bank’s engagement with FBOs from the late 1990s, with emphasis on the period of the presidency of James Wolfensohn. It also focuses on the problems and prospects of FBOs helping to deliver better development in the developing world. The chapter seeks to argue that one important reason is that, after half a century, secular development policies and programmes had led to disappointing outcomes in many parts of the developing world.
