Social engineering from above and below -- Repackaging development in Guatemala -- Namaste's bootstrap model -- Women and workers responding to bootstrap development -- The Fraternity's holistic model -- The uneven practices and experiences of holistic development -- The implications of socially constructed development -- Appendix: Research methods and ethical dilemmas
Summary
Erin Beck examines microfinance NGOs working with poor, rural women in Guatemala to show how these women creatively and strategically use the NGOs to their own benefit in ways that do not necessarily match the goals of the NGOs, demonstrating that development projects are often transformed and persist in unexpected ways
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 17, 2017)