Analysis of the Relationships Between Local Development NGOs and the Communities in Ethiopia: The Case of the Basic Education Sub-sector

This book is eye-opening: full of new findings on the realities of Local Development NGOs in Africa, which have received optimistic expectation that they could lead development in communities due to the closeness to people at the grass-root level. Through her exploration based on in-depth field research in rural areas of Oromia State, Ethiopia, the author eloquently reveals more complex realities Local Development NGOs are heavily burdened with “accountability” to the government and donors; local stake-holders do not whole-heartedly welcome those NGOs but are in a more business-like relation in which they act and react on their own. Those interested in African educational development and NGOs must read it.