Abstract
Listening to communities is valued by UK’s Department of International Development (DFID) for contributing to ‘beneficiary’ empowerment and programme efficiency. This paper is based on interviews with elite DFID officials to explore their understandings on how they expect NGOs to engage with local languages and the role of language intermediaries. It uncovers their perceptions of the ways that languages and cultural knowledge shape NGO relationships with communities. It finds that the officials assume that listening is unproblematic for NGOs, and ask few questions about translation and interpretation. It concludes by reflecting on policy implications and directions for further research.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 159-169 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Development in Practice |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 15 Nov 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 31 Mar 2019 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Development in Practice on 15.11.2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09614524.2018.1546827.