Product Description
* Questions many key assumptions about the efficacy of NGOs and civil society in development.
* Provides suggestions on how to improve NGO performance and how NGOs can better link with local African initiatives and agendas.
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, Holmn uncovers a NGO landscape that is considerably more ambiguous than the popular development literature would have people believe.
* Provides suggestions on how to improve NGO performance and how NGOs can better link with local African initiatives and agendas.
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, Holmn uncovers a NGO landscape that is considerably more ambiguous than the popular development literature would have people believe.
Additional Information
| condition | new |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781565493025 |
| author | Hans Holmn |
| Publication Date | Oct 1, 2009 |
| Number of Pages | 320 |
| Publisher | Stylus Publishing |
| Table of Contents | PART I INTRODUCTION; 1) Development and Peasants' Associations in Sub-Saharan Africa; PART II - THE EAST AFRICAN EXPERIENCE; 2) The East African Experience - Part 1; 3) The East African Experience - Part 2; PART III - THE WEST AFRICAN EXPERIENCE; 4) Decentralization and Organizations in West Africa; 5) Farmers' Associations in West Africa; 6) Interpreting the West African Experience; PART IV - ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE; 7) Another World Is Possible |
| Cover Type | Hardback |
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