Civil Society and the Aid IndustryAlison van Rooy Northern governments and NGOs are increasingly convinced that civil society will enable people in developing countries to escape the poverty trap. Civil Society and the Aid Industry, the product of extensive research by the prestigious North-South Institute in Canada, makes a critical appraisal of this new emphasis in the aid industry. It explores the roles of Northern governmental, multilateral and non-governmental agencies in supporting civil society, presenting in-depth case studies of projects in Peru, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Hungary, and gives detailed policy recommendations intended to improve the effectiveness and appropriateness of future projects. |
Contents
All Roads Lead to Rome | 1 |
An Analytical Hatstand? | 6 |
Civil Society and the Aid System | 31 |
Civil Society in the PostSocialist World | 71 |
Civil Society the Nation and the Statebuilding
Challenge | 104 |
The State Donors and the Politics of
Democratization | 134 |
Civil Society and the Autocratic Challenge | 168 |
7 The Art of Strengthening Civil Society | 197 |
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