NGOs in India

The Challenges of Women's Empowerment and Accountability

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ID5772834
AuthorsPatrick Kilby (0000-0003-2850-4473, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, corresponding author)
Year2010
Pages148
Publication date2010-10-21
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueNGOs in india (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203842720
OpenAlexW4237369106
Open LibraryOL24579800M
ISBN9780203842720
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDyu1LdKOS2MkC
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited56

NGOs in IndiaBy examining how NGOs operate in southern India in the early 2000s, 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 women is an important part of the empowerment being realized.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 programmes.The author uses innovative statistical analysis tools to show how a key factor in empowerment of marginalized 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 recognizes 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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