ISBN:
9780415544306
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 148 p)
,
maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary south asia series
Parallel Title:
Print version NGOs in India
DDC:
305.48/969420954091724
Keywords:
Community development
;
Non-governmental organizations
;
Women in development
;
Indien
;
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
;
Entwicklungspolitik
Abstract:
By examining how NGOs operate in Southern India in the early 2000's, this book discusses the challenges faced by small, local NGOs in the uncertain times of changing aid dynamics. The key findings focus on what empowerment means for Indian women, and how NGO accountability to these groups is an important part of the empowerment being realised. The notion of community empowerment, in which the 'solidarity' of a group can be a path to individual empowerment, is discussed, as well as analyzing how empowerment can be a useful concept in development. Based on case studies of 15 NGOs as well as in-d
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; 1 Non-governmental organizations in India; 2 The work of NGOs in India - SHGs and women's empowerment; 3 Rural NGOs; 4 Pune waste-pickers programme; 5 Measuring women's empowerment; 6 NGO accountability; 7 Conclusion; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
,
English
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