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Can development philanthropy engender indigenous development?

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With huge resources at their disposal private philanthropy has become an important aid donor - and as such involved in the perennial debate on how best to deliver aid. This paper explores how 'development philanthropists' can best employ their funds in order to ensure that projects are wholly sustainable and community-led.

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