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Aid and civil society organizations

In: Handbook of Aid and Development

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  • Duncan Green
  • Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

Abstract

Non-state actors, including grassroots groups, more formal civil society organizations (CSOs), private firms, traditional authorities and armed groups, pre-date the aid system (and indeed the state). This chapter focuses on the current state of knowledge on the evolving role of CSOs, both as conduits of development finance and as recipients. It explores the different roles played by CSOs as well as how different kinds of donors work with CSOs. Questions addressed include: What are the drivers/blockers of increasing amounts of aid funding going via/to CSOs? Can the system respond to greater localization of aid spending through CSOs? Does the aid system have significant blind spots, for example on the greater role of CSOs as public authorities in fragile and conflict affected settings? And will disintermediation via cash transfers to individual poor families end up bypassing CSOs as well as other parts of the aid system?

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  • Duncan Green & Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, 2024. "Aid and civil society organizations," Chapters, in: Raj M. Desai & Shantayanan Devarajan & Jennifer L. Tobin (ed.), Handbook of Aid and Development, chapter 19, pages 310-324, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20736_19
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