NGOs and the Political Empowerment of Poor People in Rural Bangladesh: Cultivating the Habits of Democracy?

Authors

Naila Kabeer, SOAS University of London
Simeen Mahmud, BRAC University
Jairo G. Isaza Castro, Universidad de La Salle, Bogota

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.011

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2012

Publication Title

World Development

Abstract

Recent research in Bangladesh highlights an interesting paradox: impressive development outcomes combined with extremely poor quality of governance. The country's active development NGO sector has been credited with some of the more positive development achievements. The question that this paper sets out to address is why the sector has not made an equivalent contribution on the governance front. It draws on primary survey data to explore the hypothesis that the problem lies in the increasing homogenization of NGOs around the delivery of services, primarily microfinance services, and its shift away from social mobilization organizations. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

Volume

40

Issue

10

First Page

2044

Last Page

2062

ISSN

0305750X

Recommended Citation

Kabeer, Naila; Mahmud, Simeen; and Isaza Castro, Jairo G., "NGOs and the Political Empowerment of Poor People in Rural Bangladesh: Cultivating the Habits of Democracy?" (2012). Scopus Unisalle. 569.
https://ciencia.lasalle.edu.co/scopus_unisalle/569

Identifier

SCOPUS_ID:84865386684