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- Title
North-South Relations: Exploring the role of Italian NGOs in post-apartheid South Africa.
- Authors
Sibanda, Mbizo Edward; Mtapuri, Oliver
- Abstract
This article makes an expose of the role of NGOs using three case studies of Italian NGOs operating in South Africa as its methodology to articulate the aspect of development assistance within the context of North-South development cooperation. It posits a model for understanding NGOs based on two intersecting continua - of ideological independence on the vertical axis and sources of funding on the horizontal axis. This model is the major contribution of this article. The model defines those NGOs with a combination of little or no external funding and a lot of independence as sovereign gem NGOs. Those with a high level of independence coupled with high levels of foreign funding as a rarity hence called Rarity/Independent NGOs. These NGOs have foreign funding but follow their own agenda. NGOs termed Pawns are those with a lot of external funding and but little ideological independence. NGOs without external funding but parrot the agenda of an external organisation are termed slave/dependent/puppet NGOs characterised by low levels of external funding and low level of ideological independence. The article posits that the role of NGOs should be transformational rather than be paternalistic; the motives for intervention should be both philanthropic and developmental in order to bring legitimacy to Northern NGOs operating in the South.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations; ITALIAN economic assistance; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; INTERNATIONAL relations; SOUTH African economy; TWENTY-first century
- Publication
Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2013, Vol 10, Issue 2, p103
- ISSN
1819-8465
- Publication type
Article