This essay reflects on the difficulties encountered by development assistance institutions when they try to incorporate the idea of investing in civic capacities into the process of funding development projects. It explores the possibility that this difficulty arises not because the idea is foreign to what these donors already do, but rather because it is so similar on the surface yet mandates a fundamental change in mindset and in the power relationship between donor and grantee.
Content
INTRODUCTION
PART I: The Civic Message
- New Indian Wine in Old Ecuadorian Bottles
- Cheese and Social Capital in the Peruvian Andes
- Uncertain Development among the Argentine Guaraní
PART II: Intervening in the Politics of Community
- A Community’s Political Process
- A Civil Investing Primer for Development Philanthropy
PART III: A Different Kind of Donor
- Mechanisms to Promote Learning
- How Can Donor Organizations Best Move Toward Civil Investing?
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