NGOs in india : the challenges of women's empowerment and accountability / / Patrick Kilby

• Autore: Kilby Patrick
• Pubblicazione: Taylor & Francis, 2010; London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.48/969420954091724
• Soggetto topico: Community development - India; Non-governmental organizations - India; Women in development - India
• Classificazione: POL000000SOC008000SOC053000
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; 1 Non-governmental organizations in India; 2 The work of NGOs in India - SHGs and women's empowerment; 3 Rural NGOs; 4 Pune waste-pickers programme; 5 Measuring women's empowerment; 6 NGO accountability; 7 Conclusion; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 wel
• Titolo autorizzato: NGOs in India
• ISBN: 9786612930201; 9781136907753; 1136907750; 9781136907760; 1136907769; 9781282930209; 1282930206; 9780203842720; 0203842723
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141046403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge contemporary South Asia series.