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Rethinking dependency and development between international and indigenous non-governmental organisations

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This article presents a case study detailing how the Netherlands-based international NGO Terre Des Hommes (TDH) works with and impacts the indigenous Tanzanian NGO Umoja wa Maendeleo ya Bukwaya (UMABU) and the Bukwaya region that UMABU serves. The article illustrates how indigenous agency and autonomy are actualised within relationships where indigenous over-reliance and dependency are connected to Western aid organisations. The paper proposes that dependent relationships between Southern and Northern NGO partners can be negotiated by indigenous leaders in order to disseminate resources for development in indigenous communities to a greater extent than previously imagined by Western donor agencies.

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  • Shawn Smith, 2015. "Rethinking dependency and development between international and indigenous non-governmental organisations," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 259-269, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:25:y:2015:i:2:p:259-269
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1008999
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