Green, Maia, Mercer, Claire 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0991-3693 and Mesaki, Simeon
(2010)
The development activities, values and performance of non-governmental and faith-based organizations in Magu and Newala districts, Tanzania.
Religions and development working papers (49-2010).
Religions and Development Research Programme Consortium, Birmingham, UK.
ISBN 9780704427884
Abstract
In Tanzania, a 'civil society sector' with roles in governance and development is a recent, largely externally-driven phenomenon superimposed on previously existing social and religious organizations. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are imagined to be 'close to the poor' and therefore better at implementing 'development' activities and playing a role in democratization. This study examined the position and role of religious organizations within a wider range of CSOs at the local level in two rural districts (Magu, prosperous, largely Christian and Newala, remote, poor, largely Muslim), to assess whether faith-based organizations play a significant and distinctive role in development.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.religionsanddevelopment.org/index.php?s... |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 International Development Department, University of Birmingham |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2010 09:45 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2023 04:03 |
| Funders: | UK Aid, Department for International Development |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30897 |
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