Thesis (doctoral)--Beijing shi fan da xue, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-378).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [511]-541).

Tesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 1998. / Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 195-210).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 23, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-131).

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, June, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Paper copy first submitted in 2005 Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-63)

Thesis (M.A.)--Baylor University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-43).

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2007. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Michael Everts. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-171).

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Prof. Leila Patel

Masters in Public Administration - MPA / Empowerment is a catchword that has recently entered current development debate. Development is largely perceived as a process of building capacities hence empowering people to be able to handle their affairs. As such it is a concept highly espoused by prominent development actors and mainly Non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The study attempted to examine the theoretical and empirical aspects of community empowerment from a critical perspective by surveying activities of three NGOs in Ethiopia. A recent framework developed by a working group of the World Bank for measuring and structuring analysis was used for analyzing findings. Conceptualization and practices of empowerment seem to be at a nascent stage and tools for measuring it as well; that is what the findings of the study indicate. Despite the rhetoric surrounding the concept, the experience of surveyed NGOs also shows disparities between theory and practice. / South Africa