Foreign Aid for Indian NGOs: Problem or Solution?

384 Pages·2010·43.91 MB·English

by  Pushpa Sundar

Foreign Aid for Indian NGOs

Foreign Aid for Indian NGOs
Problem or Solution?
Pushpa Sundar
First published 2010
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ISBN: 978-0-415-56315-4
for
My grandchildren, Rosa and Ilan, global citizens
and
Sundar, the Argumentative Indian
‘I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides
and my windows to be stuffed.
I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about
my house as freely as possible.
But I refuse to be blown off m y feet by any.
I refuse to live in other people’s houses as an
interloper, a beggar or a slave.’
— Mahatma Gandhi
Contents
List of Tables, Figure and Boxesix
Prefacexi
Acknowledgementsxiii
Acronyms and Abbreviationsxv
1. Introduction1
Part I: Setting the Stag e
2. The NGO 'Beneficiaries' 31
3. Of Sources and Resources 55
4. The Foreign Donors 82
5. Of Strategies and Programmes 113
6. The Government vs. NGOs and Donors 131
Part II: Aid in Actio n
7. An Unequal Music: The NGO-Donor Interface 161
8. Sustainability and Other Fairy Tales 188
9. Calling an Alien Tune: Donor Driven Agendas 220
10. No Free Lunches 257
11. Looking Back to Look Forward 295
List of Appendice s
Appendix 1: List of NGOs Which Responded to
the Questionnaire 325
Appendix 2: List of People Interviewed 327
Bibliography 334
About the Author 350
Index 351

List of Tables, Figure and Boxes
TABLES
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44..33 TToopp 1100 DDoonnoorr AAggeenncciieess,, 11999933--22000077 110000
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99..11 BBrreeaakk uupp ooff RReecceeiipptt ooff FFoorreeiiggnn CCoonnttrriibbuuttiioonnss
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CCoonnttrriibbuuttiioonn aatt SSeelleecctt IInntteerrvvaallss 229900
FIGURE
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BOXES
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