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There has been considerable interest in recent years in the ability
of non-governmental organisations to work with the rural poor in
developing countries in order to improve their quality of life and
economic status through the provision of credit, skills training,
and other inputs for income-generation programmes. This book brings
together the results of 16 evaluations in 4 countries (Bangladesh,
India, Uganda, and Zimbabwe) to provide a detailed assessment of
the contribution that NGOs make to rural poverty alleviation. The
results indicate that NGO projects are successful when they build
in a high degree of participation, when the staff are committed to
the goals of the project, and when they are managed by strong and
competent leaders. Many of the projects studied contributed to
increases in income and welfare. However, not all projects were
successful, contrary to received wisdom about the efficacy of NGO
interventions. many failed to reach the very poorest, most were
costly to implement, and few of the projects demostrated an ability
to continue once external funding was withdrawn. These findingd
provide string support for viewing NGOs as a mechanism for helping
to reduce rural poverty, but also demonstrate that many of the
interventions are isolated or one-off. The impact of NGOs could be
heightened by increasing the size of the intervention, encouraging
greater cooperation among NGOs, and by fostering closer cooperation
with governments. This study will make an impact in the development
community, and its conclusions will help shape NGO and poverty
agendas in the coming years. The book will appeal to all those
concerned with rural development, NGOs, and development programmes.
The team of authors see this book as a contribution to lifting the
standard of debate and towards restarting in-depth comparative
research. Concentrates on the seven countries which between them
(excluding South Africa) account for 60 per cent of total
manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors look at the
role of manufacturing and industry in the development of these
countries, arguing that future prosperity could be enhanced by a
three-pronged approach to industrialisation. Published in
association with the ODI
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A review of the theoretical debates around aid, providing a
valuable resource for practitioners and students. Foreign aid has
always been a controversial subject. Roger Riddell provides a
rigorous analysis of the criticisms which are made against aid from
all parts of the political and ideological spectrum, and examines
in depth the moraland theoretical questions that are raised in the
debate.
Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly
today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it
needed at all?
Other attempts to answer these important questions have been
dominated by a focus on the impact of official aid provided by
governments. But today possibly as much as 30 percent of aid is
provided by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and over 10
percent is provided as emergency assistance.
In this first-ever attempt to provide an overall assessment of
aid, Roger Riddell presents a rigorous but highly readable account
of aid, warts and all. oes Foreign Aid Really Work? sets out the
evidence and exposes the instances where aid has failed and
explains why. The book also examines the way that politics distorts
aid, and disentangles the moral and ethical assumptions that lie
behind the belief that aid does good. The book concludes by
detailing the practical ways that aid needs to change if it is to
be the effective force for good that its providers claim it is.
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