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Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based OrganizationsIntelligent Design?: A Gender-Sensitive Interrogation of Religion and Development

Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based Organizations: Intelligent Design?: A Gender-Sensitive... [Development policy, in terms of international development cooperation, as well as the operations of multilateral, bilateral and mainstream non-governmental development agencies, has tended to focus on the material and political outcomes of development with little reference to the religious structures and belief systems which shape the life worlds in which the majority of the inhabitants of poor countries live. This bias should not be interpreted to deny, as noted elsewhere in this book, that many individuals and organizations have engaged in development work in line with specific commitments from different religious traditions (Alkire 2006). Faith-based organizations (FBOs), particularly in the poor countries of the global South, have increasingly been working in partnership with donor agencies and international organizations, in response, for instance, to calls for greater local accountability and participation of community-based organizations in the development process. Nor can there be any dispute about the fact that faith traditions continue to exert a strong influence upon the lives of many people in developing countries; or indeed that the desired outcome of development practice and policies, in terms of opportunities and services for poor people to enhance their living standards and their overall well-being, coincides with the objectives of most religious traditions.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based OrganizationsIntelligent Design?: A Gender-Sensitive Interrogation of Religion and Development

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series
Editors: Clarke, Gerard; Jennings, Michael
Pearson, Ruth; Tomalin, Emma
Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based Organizations — Nov 17, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
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978-1-349-28608-9
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46 –71
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10.1057/9780230371262_3
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Abstract

[Development policy, in terms of international development cooperation, as well as the operations of multilateral, bilateral and mainstream non-governmental development agencies, has tended to focus on the material and political outcomes of development with little reference to the religious structures and belief systems which shape the life worlds in which the majority of the inhabitants of poor countries live. This bias should not be interpreted to deny, as noted elsewhere in this book, that many individuals and organizations have engaged in development work in line with specific commitments from different religious traditions (Alkire 2006). Faith-based organizations (FBOs), particularly in the poor countries of the global South, have increasingly been working in partnership with donor agencies and international organizations, in response, for instance, to calls for greater local accountability and participation of community-based organizations in the development process. Nor can there be any dispute about the fact that faith traditions continue to exert a strong influence upon the lives of many people in developing countries; or indeed that the desired outcome of development practice and policies, in terms of opportunities and services for poor people to enhance their living standards and their overall well-being, coincides with the objectives of most religious traditions.]

Published: Nov 17, 2015

Keywords: Civil Society; Gender Equality; Religious Tradition; Religious Leader; Female Genital Mutilation

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