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Title:Refugee survival and NGO project assistance: Mozambican refugees in Malawi
Author:Zetter, RogerISNI
Year:1996
Periodical:The Community Development Journal: An International Journal for Community Workers
Volume:31
Issue:3
Pages:214-229
Language:English
Geographic term:Malawi
Subjects:NGO
community development
refugees
Malawians
refugee assistance
External link:http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/3/214
Abstract:This paper retrospectively examines the impact of developmentally-orientated NGO projects on the survival of the 1.2 million refugees from Mozambique in Malawi who, by the early 1990s, comprised c. 15 percent of the country's population. The principal objective of the developmental assistance provided by 'northern' NGOs was to reduce the dependency of refugees on relief by encouraging economic self-sufficiency. The study is based on interviews with refugees, government officials and NGO staff, and secondary sources. Five limitations of the projects are elaborated: unresponsiveness to local economic conditions and skills; inadequate methods of recruitment; production, business plan and marketing constraints and lack of sustainability; limited participation and the imposition of management ideologies; gender inequalities and inadequate gender-related policies. The analysis of these shortcomings offers guidance to the mobilization of development projects in future large-scale refugee situations. Bibliogr., sum.
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