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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... studies assessing the impact of private aid interventions . Although often called ' impact studies ' , most of these actually focused on immediate results , rather than longer term impact . They could be classified in three different ...
... studies assessing the impact of private aid interventions . Although often called ' impact studies ' , most of these actually focused on immediate results , rather than longer term impact . They could be classified in three different ...
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... studies was to portray the role of official donors as passive outsiders . In fact , the complex interdependent relationships within aid chains received little attention , and all the impact studies primarily focused on local recipient ...
... studies was to portray the role of official donors as passive outsiders . In fact , the complex interdependent relationships within aid chains received little attention , and all the impact studies primarily focused on local recipient ...
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... studies served as a framework for the case studies , but since results of the latter were never published , the relation between case studies and context analyses remains unclear . The Finnish and Swedish studies integrated context and case ...
... studies served as a framework for the case studies , but since results of the latter were never published , the relation between case studies and context analyses remains unclear . The Finnish and Swedish studies integrated context and case ...
Contents
Tables Figures and Maps 79 | 7 |
Mixing Poverty and Democracy | 21 |
Between Compassion and Survival | 59 |
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