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Whose Agency - The Politics and Practice of Kenya's HIV-Prevention NGOs (Hardcover)
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Whose Agency - The Politics and Practice of Kenya's HIV-Prevention NGOs (Hardcover)
Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture
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Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are ubiquitous in the Global
South. Often international in origin, many attempt to assist local
efforts to improve the lives of people often living in or near
poverty. Yet their external origins often cloud their ability to
impact health or quality of life, regardless of whether volunteers
are local or foreign. By focusing on one particular type of
NGO-those organized to help prevent the spread and transmission of
HIV in Kenya-Megan Hershey interrogates the ways these
organizations achieve (or fail to achieve) their planned outcomes.
Along the way, she examines the slippery slope that is often used
to define "success" based on meeting donor-set goals versus locally
identified needs. She also explores the complex network of
bureaucratic requirements at both the national and local levels
that affect the delicate relationships NGOs have with the state.
Drawing on extensive, original quantitative and qualitative
research, Whose Agency serves as a much-needed case study for
understanding the strengths and shortcomings of participatory
development and community engagement.
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