Participatory Alternative Forms of Development, Compared with Orthodox top-down, foreign aid strategies for development in neoliberal Gambia/Africa

This study explores the problems facing the African continent in general and Gambia in particular. Specifically, it examines The Gambia\'s dependence on foreign aid, as a result of the Bretton Woods Institutions and the neoliberalization of Africa, and it juxtaposes the aforementioned with microfinance, as an alternative method for fighting poverty. Empirically, this work examines the potential effectiveness of Reliance Financial Services in Gambia\'s microfinance institution who are engaged in this burgeoning enterprise and that of the VISACAS, a grassroots microfinance organization in The Gambia.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Public and International Affairs

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Public and International Affairs

Department dc:contributor.department

Public and International Affairs

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Njie, Sulayman

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Rothschild, Joyce

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Breslau, Daniel
• Weidner, Jason R.

• Osusus
• Microfinance
• Neoliberalism
• Poverty
• Development
• Gambia
• Africa
• Economics

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:1196

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/51045