Book chapter
Poverty-Free Fantasy: Aid Agencies, Neocolonialism, and Neoliberalism in Nepal
The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South, pp.11-31
Routledge
2024
Abstract
This chapter critically establishes links between aid agencies' poverty responses, neocolonialism, and neoliberalism in Nepal. In doing so, it begins with a brief historical review of the aid agencies in Nepal and critically examines their present statuses. Then, in the following section, it explores the ways aid agencies are neocolonial and neoliberal actors dancing with poverty more rhetorically than dealing with it in Nepal in reality. And finally, the chapter concludes by suggesting why there is a need to move beyond the grand illusion of aid-aided poverty reduction responses to home-grown poverty discourse in Nepal.
Details
- Title
- Poverty-Free Fantasy: Aid Agencies, Neocolonialism, and Neoliberalism in Nepal
- Authors
- Raj Yadav (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research Centre
- Contributors
- Rajendra Baikady (Editor) - Central University of KeralaJohn Gal (Editor) - Hebrew University of JerusalemVaroshini Nadesan (Editor) - University of JohannesburgS M Sajid (Editor) - Jamia Millia IslamiaGao Jianguo (Editor) - Shandong University
- Publication details
- The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South, pp.11-31
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781032632391-3; 10.4324/9781032632391
- ISBN
- 9781032632391
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; Sustainability Research Centre; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99993596802621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
Metrics
12 Record Views