Title: Snakes in paradise
Subtitle: NGOs and the aid industry in Africa
First published: 2009
Description: "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.
Subjects: Economic assistance, Poverty, Non-governmental organizations, Economic assistance, africa, General & miscellaneous social services, Economic assistance--africa, sub-saharan, Non-governmental organizations--africa, sub-saharan, Poverty--africa, sub-saharan, Hc800 .h64 2010, 338.910967
Places: Sub-Saharan Africa
LC classification: HC800 .H64 2009