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Politicisation of Development by Civil Society Organisations: A Case of Zimbabwe

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  • Obediah Dodo
  • Vincent Mabvurira

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Civil Society Organisations (CSO) are by nature very strong networks that seek to represent the interests of their members till they either win or compromise. These organisations have no defined life-span and can exist for as long as their grievance exists. Because of the influence that these organisations wield in society, they tend to spearhead most of the developmental programmes in society. However, most of them have also chosen either deliberately or otherwise to manipulate the original mandate of impartially and objectively serving the people in times of need. Civil Society Organisations have politicised development and related programmes for various reasons; to discredit the government in power, show of strength resource-wise, vote buying and undermining the constitution but all, for political mileage. As result, while development fails to reach its desired expectations, the intended beneficiaries also lose out. It is therefore the intention of this paper to look at the politicisation of development in Zimbabwe by the CSO community.

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  • Obediah Dodo & Vincent Mabvurira, 2012. "Politicisation of Development by Civil Society Organisations: A Case of Zimbabwe," International Journal of Asian Social Science, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 2(10), pages 1867-1876.
    • Handle: RePEc:asi:ijoass:v:2:y:2012:i:10:p:1867-1876:id:2356
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