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    The Role PF Non Governmental Organisations in Substainable Local Economic Development: Case of South Africa
    (University of Fort Hare, 2008) Moyo, Elisa
    The failures of successive generations of imported western development strategies and projects to deliver meaningful reductions in poverty and achieve basic needs in Africa have provoked a deep questioning of Western concept of development. This stems from the fact that the state in most cases has failed especially on service delivery to cater for the well being of its people. Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and development practitioners are now increasingly focusing their attention on strategies which build upon local knowledge, skills and resources whereby the concept of self-reliance and local economic development are examined in the context of development challenges which face Africa. There are however a lot of negative perceptions, however, surrounding the whole issue of NGOs role in development, for instance, the issue of funding from external donors which makes them sometimes to pursue the interests of doors.