The Politics of Civil Society Building: European Private Aid Agencies and Democratic Transitions in Central AmericaStrengthening civil society may be all the rage in the international donor community, but what does it mean in practice? This seminal work critically examines the political aspects of civil society building and the role of non-governmental development aid agencies during recent democratic transitions in Central America. |
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... interventions rather difficult . The same difficulty of attributing causes to effects applies to ' operational ... aid agency interventions cannot be ' measured ' separately from this wider context . This explains the primary need for ...
... interventions rather difficult . The same difficulty of attributing causes to effects applies to ' operational ... aid agency interventions cannot be ' measured ' separately from this wider context . This explains the primary need for ...
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... aid chains during democratic transitions in Central America . The assess- ment has to focus on the impact of private aid interventions on the organisational capacity of key recipients in civil society , and on their achievements in ...
... aid chains during democratic transitions in Central America . The assess- ment has to focus on the impact of private aid interventions on the organisational capacity of key recipients in civil society , and on their achievements in ...
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... aid interventions has proven to be difficult , if not impossible . Attempts can be made to assess how aid is handled throughout the aid chain and under which circumstances it is likely to produce successes , failures or unintended ...
... aid interventions has proven to be difficult , if not impossible . Attempts can be made to assess how aid is handled throughout the aid chain and under which circumstances it is likely to produce successes , failures or unintended ...
Contents
Tables Figures and Maps 79 | 7 |
Mixing Poverty and Democracy | 21 |
Between Compassion and Survival | 59 |
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