Foreign Aid for Indian NGOs: Problem or Solution? [Hardcover]

This book explores what difference development aid has made to the size, complexity, style of functioning, values and future direction of the NGO sector in India. It does this, first, by giving a comprehensive documentation of the experience of Indian NGOs with foreign aid since Independence. Simultaneously, it also analyses, in a broad historical perspective, some of the issues which are the subject of contemporary debate regarding the voluntary sector and aid, such as who decides what is development and how it should be brought about; whether foreign donors have hidden agendas, and if their aid amounts to cultural imperialism; and whether aid has made NGOs more self-reliant.

The book also looks at the tripartite relationship between NGOs, donors, and governments, examining, for instance, whether the government is justified in imposing restrictions on receipt of funds by NGOs on the grounds that terrorist activities and religiously motivated communal strife are often financed with funds from abroad, with NGOs being used as fronts for both.

1. Introduction Part I: Setting the Stage 2. The NGO 'Beneficiaries' 3. Of Sources and Resources 4. The Foreign Donors 5. Strategies and Programmes 6. The Government vs. NGOs and Donors Part II: Aid in Action 7. An Unequal Music: The NGO --Donor Interface 8. Sustainability and Other Fairy Tales 9. Calling an Alien Tune - Donor Driven Agendas 10. No Free Lunches 11. Looking Back To Look Forward

By documenting the experience of Indian NGOs with foreign aid since Independence, this book looks at whether and how development aid has shaped the nature and growth of the voluntary sector in India, and the impact it has had on the NGO sectors relationship with government and business.

US? 2010 Pushpa Sundar