ETHIOPIA: ARE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTING DEPENDENCY RATHER THAN SUSTAINABILITY?”
Rachael Dailey Goodwin (Dr. Ralph Brown, Sociology Dept, Brigham Young University)
According to US Embassy reports, the economic stability of Ethiopia in recent years has taken a turn for the worse, despite the increased number of NGOs operating to help provide stability. Are NGOs promoting dependency rather than sustainability? Ethiopia is a country rich in natural resources but poor in economy, infrastructure, and leadership. Non-governmental organizations set out to implement their own projects, while the government takes a different approach. While NGOs and Ethiopian Government point fingers at each other, the Ethiopian people continue to suffer. Through personal observation, interviewing those involved with NGOs operating in Ethiopia, and researching scholarly approved case studies of NGO projects, I will outline the positive and negative consequences of NGO operations and I shall better define the relationship between NGOs and the Ethiopian government.
4 comments:
I remember the lengthy original draft of this abstract...Great to see your skill in boiling it all down to several high impact sentences.
The abstract is concise and effective. Full credit earned. Is this the presentation that you will give in Spokane for the Honors conference?
Amen to Courtney's comment. I would love to read this paper in its entirety.
I really liked how a lot of what you said helps the reader to come up with their own answers. I really like the idea of questions because it helps us to think and I think it is more impacting.
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