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“Teach a Man to Fish”: The Sustainability Doctrine and Its Social Consequences

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Swidler, Ann, Watkins, Susan Cotts·2009·World Development
DOI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.11.002
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This paper analyzes the social impacts of the commitment to “sustainability” in donor-funded AIDS programs. Using survey, interview, and ethnographic data from rural Malawi, we examine how efforts to mobilize and empower local communities affect three strata of Malawian society: the villagers these programs are meant to help, the insecure local elites whose efforts directly link programs to their intended beneficiaries, and, more briefly, national elites who implement AIDS policies and programs. We describe indirect effects of sustainability on the experiences, identities, and aspirations of Malawians—effects that are much broader and deeper than the direct impacts of funding.

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Authors
Swidler, A., & Watkins, S. C.
Venue
World Development
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-07
Volume
37
Issue
7
Pages
1182-1196
ISSN
0305-750X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.11.002
OpenAlex
W1998878917
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298
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76
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36.98
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journal article
Language
en
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