Format:
1 online resource (161 pages)
ISBN:
9780203842720
Series Statement:
Routledge Contemporary South Asia Ser
Content:
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.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1 Non-governmental organizations in India -- Introduction -- What makes NGOs tick? Some theory -- Indian NGOs -- Conclusion -- 2 The work of NGOs in India - SHGs and women's empowerment -- Introduction -- Poverty in India -- Models of NGO intervention -- Empowerment -- Conclusion -- 3 Rural NGOs -- Introduction -- Resourcing NGOs -- NGO responses -- The NGO case studies -- IDS projects 2008-2009 -- Conclusion -- 4 Pune waste-pickers programme -- Introduction -- Waste-pickers -- Waste-pickers and SNDT -- Solid waste collection and handling (SWaCH) co-operative -- Conclusion -- 5 Measuring women's empowerment -- Introduction -- Researching empowerment with Indian NGOs -- Empowerment -- Factors that affect empowerment -- Empowerment in practice -- Conclusion -- 6 NGO accountability -- Introduction -- Accountability -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Introduction -- NGOs and empowerment -- Accountability -- References -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415544306
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415544306
Language:
English
