A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via
www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform,
www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part
of the OAPEN-UK research project. 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
analysing how empowerment can be a useful concept in development.
Based on case studies of 15 NGOs as well as in-depth interviews
with 80 women's self-help groups, the book highlights the key
features of effective empowerment programs. The author uses
innovative statistical analysis tools to show how a key factor in
empowerment of marginalised women is the accountability
relationship between themselves and the supporting NGO. The book
goes on to discuss the ways that NGOs can work with communities in
the future, and recognises the limitations of a donor-centric
accountability framework. It provides a useful contribution to
studies on South Asia as well as Gender and Development Studies.
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