Title
Religious actors, civil society, and the development agenda: the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
This article uses the World Bank's engagement with religious actors to analyse their differentiated role in setting the development agenda raising three key issues. First, engagements between international financial institutions (IFIs) and religious actors are formalised thus excluding many of the actors embedded within communities in the South. Secondly, the varied politics of religious actors in development are rarely articulated and a single position is often presented. Thirdly, the potential for development alternatives from religious actors excluded from these engagements is overlooked, due in part to misrecognition of the mutually constitutive relationship between secular and sacral elements in local contexts.
Recommended Citation
McDuie-Ra, D., & Rees, J. A. (2010). Religious actors, civil society, and the development agenda: the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion. Journal of International Development, 22(1), 20-36. doi: 10.1002/jid.1537
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