Centring African culture in water, sanitation, and hygiene development praxis in Ghana: a case for endogenous development

Afia S. Zakiya

Development in Practice, 2014, vol. 24, issue 5-6, 699-713

Abstract: International development aid is driven by actors steeped in Western neo-liberal theory and practice. Africa has largely received failed Western aid, administered mainly through international NGOs in neo-comprador relationships. This article calls for African-centred and -led development, revitalised through endogenous development (ED) praxis. Using a water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector case study from Ghana, the article theorises Africa's WASH development within the context of globalisation and the politics of knowledge production on Africa. It shows how ED provides African people with self-determining and culturally relevant development necessary for WASH justice and improved health and livelihoods.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.936367

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