Rakiya Omaar’s scientific contributions

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Publications (5)


The Genocide in Rwanda and the International Response
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April 1995

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Rakiya Omaar




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... Turner and Hulme (1997) call NGOs a 'Janus-like' organization; Temple (1997) sees NGOs as a continuation of the missionary tradition and as handmaidens of capitalist change; Vivian and Maseko (1994) point out that evidence on NGO performance is scanty. Other critics note the role of NGOs as resource brokers rather than change agents (McGregor, 1989;Hashemi, 1989); as palliatives to real structural change (Arellano-Lopez and Petras, 1994); as producing too much overlapping of vested interests among donors, NGOs and states to allow sound analysis of issues (Ahmad, 1991); not producing long term effectiveness of projects (Aref, 2010;de Waal and Omaar, 1993); financial corruption and drifting from NGOs' original mission (Hellinger et al., 1988). Riddell and Robinson (1995) also express concerns about the lack of independent information on how NGOs work in practice and the reasons for their rapid growth. ...

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THE NGO-LED FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND BENEFICIARIES' PARTICIPATION IN BO DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE
Doing Harm by Doing Good? The International Relief Effort in Somalia
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  • May 1993