Snakes in paradise : NGOs and the aid industry in Africa /

"Beginning in the 1980s, sub-Saharan Africa witnessed a veritable explosion of NGOs and CSOs engaged in efforts to develop the subcontinent. Often praised for their commitment, flexibility, close contact with grassroots movements and marginalized groups, these organizations have become the darl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holmén, Hans
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2010.
Temas:
Economic assistance > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Non-governmental organizations > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Poverty > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Aide économique > Afrique subsaharienne.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Afrique subsaharienne.
Pauvreté > Afrique subsaharienne.
Aide au développement.
Organisations non gouvernementales.
Lutte contre la pauvreté.
Economic assistance
Non-governmental organizations
Poverty
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
Armut
Humanitäre Hilfe
Entwicklungshilfe
Lokale Organisation
Ländlicher Raum
Nichtstaatliche Organisation.
Entwicklungsplanung.
Entwicklungshilfe.
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.
Ländlicher Raum.
Armut.
Afrique subsaharienne.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Subsaharisches Afrika
Afrika.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Beginning in the 1980s, sub-Saharan Africa witnessed a veritable explosion of NGOs and CSOs engaged in efforts to develop the subcontinent. Often praised for their commitment, flexibility, close contact with grassroots movements and marginalized groups, these organizations have become the darlings of donors and the UN system. During the same period, however, rural Africa has sunk deeper into poverty. The massive NGO engagement appears not to have made any meaningful progress." "Snakes in Paradise breaks through the generalizations and neat theories to discover why these efforts have failed. Focusing especially on those local NGOs that are frequently overlooked by studies that cover the major international players, Holmen uncovers a NGO landscape that is considerably more ambiguous than the popular development literature would have people believe."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 293 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781565493438
1565493435

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