The Aid Chain : Coercion and Commitment in Development NGOs

Tina Wallace

ISBN 10: 1853396265 / ISBN 13: 9781853396267

Verlag: ITDG Publishing US SR, 2007

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This study examines whether the existing aid processes widely used by donors and NGOs are effective in tackling poverty and exclusion and shows how the fast changing aid sector has encouraged the mainstreaming of a managerial approach that does not admit of any analysis of power relations or cultural diversity.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Aid Chain : Coercion and Commitment in Development NGOs
• Verlag: ITDG Publishing US SR
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1853396265
• ISBN-13: 9781853396267
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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This study examines whether the existing aid processes widely used by donors and NGOs are effective in tackling poverty and exclusion and shows how the fast changing aid sector has encouraged the mainstreaming of a managerial approach that does not admit of any analysis of power relations or cultural diversity.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Tina Wallace has worked in development, as an academic, practitioner and activist for over 35 years and has conducted reviews with the major NGOs including Oxfam, ActionAid, WaterAid, Amnesty International, as well as IIED and the UK’s Department for International Development.

Lisa Bornstein worked for many years at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal, where she was head of the SA research, and she is now teaching and researching at the University of McGill in Canada. She specialises in planning as well as development issues.

Jennifer Chapman is currently working freelance, after three years heading an action research programme for ActionAid on the evaluation of advocacy work by development NGOs. She has extensive research and practical experience with NGOs and is currently developing a manual on understanding and learning from advocacy and policy work.