Author Archives: relationalrealism

Marketplace Transformation: Motivating and Mobilizing Chinese Churches in the Silicon Valley for Gospel Transformation

Enoch Wan and Howard Chen. In this book, you will find: (1) an ethnographic description of marketplace professionals in the Silicon Valley; (2) practical suggestions for motivating and mobilizing local Chinese churches in the Silicon Valley to engage marketplace professionals for marketplace transformation.

The Most Segregated Cities and Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area: The 2020 Census Update

Stephen Menendian, Samir Gambhir, and Chih-Wei Hsu. From 2018 to 2020, we undertook a five-part investigation of racial residential segregation in the San Francisco Bay Area. We studied the nature and extent of racial residential segregation, demographic change, and harmful effects, using different measures of segregation. Our final brief of the series offered possible policy solutions.Continue reading “The Most Segregated Cities and Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area: The 2020 Census Update”

Pandemic could fuel demand for ‘diaspora bonds’, says World Bank

Andrea Shalal, Tom Arnold. WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic impact on developing countries could fuel fresh interest in so-called diaspora bonds that allow migrants to support their countries of origin, experts from the World Bank and other groups say. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-diaspora-bonds/pandemic-could-fuel-demand-for-diaspora-bonds-says-world-bank-idUSKCN22635H

COVID-19 Impacts on the Bangladeshi Diaspora

Borgen Magazine. PARIS, France — Bangladesh is the world’s 11th biggest remittance-recipient nation, meaning that the salaries of foreign migrant workers sent back to their families in the country play a significant part of its economy. However, due to severe job cuts and deportations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Bank of Bangladesh hasContinue reading “COVID-19 Impacts on the Bangladeshi Diaspora”

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on African diaspora communities

H. B. Adediran Olaiya. This addendum summarizes the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, in relation to achievement of IDPAD’s thematic objectives, and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which aims to reduce inequality within and between countries. The impact of COVID-19 otherwise known as novel coronavirus, highlights Afrophobia/AfriphobiaContinue reading “The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on African diaspora communities”

Transformative Ministry for the Majority World Context: Applying Relational Approaches

Enoch Wan and Mark Hedinger. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the relational realism paradigm as a model of ministry development asillustrated through education/training, leadership development, and discipleship. While those three areas in no way encompass all outworking of Christian mission, they do represent a variety of ministry specialties that each must beContinue reading “Transformative Ministry for the Majority World Context: Applying Relational Approaches”

THE COVID-19 MOBILITY IMPACTS ON THE MIGRATION FLOW IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE: THE SITUATION IN 2021 AND BEFORE 1989

Institute for Research and European Studies – Bitola. In this paper, we analyze the current travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by the countries from South-East Europe and briefly compare them with those imposed by the Central European countries. By using official data collection of displacement tracking matrices and analyzing the porosity ofContinue reading “THE COVID-19 MOBILITY IMPACTS ON THE MIGRATION FLOW IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE: THE SITUATION IN 2021 AND BEFORE 1989”