NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa
Title | NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Melina C. Kalfelis |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2021-06-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1800731116 |
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become ubiquitous in the development sector in Africa and attracting more academic attention. However, the fact that NGOs are an integral part of the everyday lives of men and women on the continent has been overlooked thus far. In Africa, NGOs are not remote, but familiar players, situated in the midst of cities and communities. By taking a radical empirical stance, this book studies NGOs as a vital part of the lifeworlds of Africans. Its contributions are immersed in the pasts, presents and futures of personal encounters, memories, decision-making and politics.
Undermining Development
Title | Undermining Development PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Michael |
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Pages | 228 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Non-governmental organizations |
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Why haven't development programs sponsored by local NGOs been more effective in Africa? In this careful study of NGOs in three African countries -- Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Senegal -- Sarah Michael exposes reasons why successful, well-run, and powerful development programs are infrequent in Africa. Michael's argument focuses on issues of power. NGOs in Africa do not command the financial resources, employ the professional staff, or have the same access to donors that NGOs in other parts of the world enjoy. Main topics covered in this probing book include: What does a powerful NGO look like? How does power affect sustainable development? What circumstances prevent local NGOs in Africa from wielding power? How can African NGOs remedy their absence of power? What relationship with donors and international NGOs should be cultivated? This book will interest readers concerned with issues pertaining to the organization, mission, and implementation of development NGOs in Africa and beyond.
Silences in NGO Discourse
Title | Silences in NGO Discourse PDF eBook |
Author | Issa G. Shivji |
Publisher | Fahamu/Pambazuka |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 2007-06-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0954563751 |
One of the most articulate critics of the destructive effects of neoliberal policies in Africa, and in particular of the ways in which they have eroded the gains of independence, Issa Shivji shows in two extensive essays in this book that the role of NGOs in Africa cannot be understood without placing them in their political and historical context. As structural adjustment programs were imposed across Africa in the 1980s and 1990s, the international financial institutions and development agencies began giving money to NGOs for programs to minimize the more glaring inequalities perpetuated by their policies. As a result, NGOs have flourished--and played an unwitting role in consolidating the neoliberal hegemony in Africa. Shivji argues that if social policy is to be determined by citizens rather than the donors, African NGOs must become catalysts for change rather than the catechists of aid that they are today.
Non-governmental Organizations and Natural Resource Management in Africa
Title | Non-governmental Organizations and Natural Resource Management in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | T. R. Ramanathan |
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Pages | 68 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Natural resources |
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Title | Between a Rock and a Hard Place PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Igoe |
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Pages | 340 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place examines Africa's NGO boom of the late 1990s. In spite of the high expectations placed on African NGOs during this period, these organizations remain poorly understood. Today, Africa's NGO boom has been followed by a bust--as the fickle development industry moves its money to other types of institutions. In spite of this funding bust, the explosion of NGOs in Africa during the 1990s transformed African societies and economies in fundamental ways. In the wake of Africa's NGO boom, it is imperative that these transformations be understood and placed in historical context. Such an understanding will help us to learn from the mistakes of this brief historical period--as well as to build on its opportunities. The case studies presented in the body of this work provide the missing details of this historical moment. Through these case studies, this book examines two questions that are fundamental to development and governance in Africa--and around the world: The nature of the relationship of NGOs to Civil Society; and The effectiveness of NGOs at promoting economic development with equity. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction, which outlines the theoretical debates surrounding Africa's NGO boom--and the question of civil society in Africa. This section is followed by detailed ethnographic accounts of the NGO boom from Zimbabwe to Mali and the types of social tranformations these organizations were part. Most importantly, these accounts reveal the ways in which African elites and community organizers have worked to position themselves within the global networks of development and governance institutions, and the impacts of their strategies on life in African communities. They reveal the ways in which African NGOs have had to negotiate the different and often contradictory demands on their own constituencies, donors, and African states--the ways in which they have succeeded and the ways in which they have come unglued. "Igoe and Kelsall provide useful suggestions on how to understand historical and cultural contexts of NGOs." -- Development and Change "The volume consists of eleven chapters, which provide rich ethnographic studies covering the entire continent... [T]he chapters interact and engage with one another, creating an excellent collection of essays that together provides a rich, multilayered, and thought provoking introduction to the dramatic growth of NGOs in Africa since 1990." -- The International Journal of African Historical Studies
The Real World of Western NGOs in Sub-saharan African Countries
Title | The Real World of Western NGOs in Sub-saharan African Countries PDF eBook |
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Release | 2013 |
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African NGO Participation in Natural Resource Policy Reform
Title | African NGO Participation in Natural Resource Policy Reform PDF eBook |
Author | J. F. Swartzendruber |
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Pages | 68 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Civil society |
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