Membership Based Organizations of the Poor (Routledge Studies in Development Economics)

This highly topical volume, with contributions from leading experts in the field, explores a variety of questions about membership based organizations of the poor. Analyzing their success and failure and the internal and external factors that play a part, it uses studies from both developed and developing countries. Put together by a group of prestigious editors, the contributors address a range of questions, including: What structures and activities characterize MBOPs? What is meant by success and what factors account for success? What are the internal (governance structure and leadership) and external (policy environment) factors that account for success? Are these factors replicable across countries or even within countries? What are the constraints to successful MBOPs expanding, or to new ones being formed? What sort of policy environment enables the success of MBOPs and the formation of successful MBOPs? What types of institutional reforms are needed to ensure the representation of the poor through their own MBOs? This is an insightful work, that will be invaluable for students and researchers studying or working in the areas of international and development economics and development studies. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 9 Contents......Page 10 Illustrations......Page 13 Contributors......Page 16 Acknowledgements......Page 20 Part I: Introduction and overview......Page 22 1 Membership-based organizations of the poor: Concepts, experience and policy......Page 24 Part II: General principles: Survival and success......Page 42 2 Organizations of the poor: Conditions for success......Page 44 3 The influence of organizational structure, membership composition and resources on the survival of poor people’s social movement organizations......Page 64 Part III: Trade unions......Page 84 4 Working class struggles, labour elites, and closed shops: The lessons from India’s trade unions and experiences of organisation......Page 86 5 China as a world factory: New practices and struggles of migrant women workers......Page 104 Part IV: Cooperatives......Page 124 6 Waste picker cooperatives in developing countries......Page 126 7 Co-operatives and the emancipation of the marginalized: Case studies from two cities in India......Page 143 8 Literacy and internal control of community finance institutions in Cambodia......Page 159 Part V: Small self-help groups......Page 176 9 Membership-based indigenous insurance associations in Ethiopia and Tanzania......Page 178 10 SHG-based microfinance programmes: Can they remove poverty?......Page 198 11 Community-level user groups: Do they perform as expected?......Page 215 Part VI: Campaigning organizations......Page 240 12 Shack/Slum Dwellers International: One experience of the contribution of membership organisations to pro-poor urban development......Page 242 13 Membership-based organisations of the poor: The South African tradition......Page 261 14 Informal governance and organizational success: The effects of noncompliance among Lima’s street-vending organizations......Page 282 Part VII: Local power structures and MBOPs......Page 300 15 Membership-based organizations as a reflection of power structures in rural “community”: Experiences and observations from Sindh Province, Pakistan......Page 302 16 Doing things differently?: The everyday politics of membership-based organisations......Page 318 17 Voice lessons: Local government organizations, social organizations, and the quality of local governance......Page 334 18 Community-driven development and the Northeast Brazil rural poverty reduction program......Page 373 Membership-based Organizations Of The Poor : Concepts, Experience And Policy / Martha Chen, Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Carol Richards -- Organizations Of The Poor : Conditions For Success / Eve Crowley, Stephan Baas, Paola Termine, John Rouse, Pamela Pozarny, And Geneviève Dionne -- The Influence Of Organizational Structure And Membership Composition And Resources On The Survival Of Poor People's Social Movement Organizations / Edward T. Walker, John D. Mccarthy -- Working Class Struggles, Labor Elites, And Closed Shops : The Lessons From India's Trade Unions And Experiences Of Organisation / Arjan De Hann, Samita Sen -- China As A World Factory : New Practices And Struggles Of Women Migrant Workers / Pun Ngai -- Waste Picker Cooperatives In Developing Countries / Martin Medina -- Co-operatives And The Emancipation Of The Marginalized : Case Studies From Two Cities Of India / Sharit K. Bhowmik --^ Literacy And Internal Control Of Community Finance Institutions In Cambodia / Brett Matthews -- Membership-based Indigenous Insurance Associations In Ethiopia And Tanzania / Joachim De Weerdt, Stefan Dercon, Tessa Bold, Alula Pankhurst -- Shg-based Microfinance Programmes : Can They Remove Poverty? / Anand Mohan Tiwari, Sarojini Ganju Thakur -- Community-level User Groups : Do They Perform As Expected? / Ruth Alsop -- Slack/slum Dwellers International : One Experience Of The Contribution Of Membership Organisations To Pro-poor Urban Development / Celine D'cruz, Diana Mitlin -- Membership Based Organisations Of The Poor : The South African Tradition / Jan Theron -- Informal Governance And Organizational Success : The Effects Of Noncompliance Among Lima's Street Vending Organizations / Sally Roever -- Membership-based Organizations As A Reflection Of Power Structures In Rural Community : Experiences And Observations From Sindh Province, Pakistan / Themrise Khan --^ Doing Things Differently? : The Everyday Politics Of Membership-based Organisations / Joseph Devine -- Voice Lessons : Local Government Organizations, Social Organization, And The Quality Of Local Governance / Vivi Alatas, Lant Pritchett, Anna Wetterberg -- Community-driven Development And The Northeast Brazil Rural Poverty Reduction Program / Edward W. Bresnyan, Jr., Maria Alejandro Bouquet, Francesca Russo. Edited By Martha Chen ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References. With contributions from leading experts in the field, this text explores a variety of questions about membership based organisations of the poor. Analysing their success and failure and the internal and external factors that play a part, it uses studies from both developed and developing countries

This volume, with contributions from experts in the field, explores questions about MBOs of the poor. Analyzing success and failure and the internal and external factors that play a part, it uses studies from both developed and developing countries.