Civil Society in Zambia: Limits to Growth

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

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1999

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CTA. 1999. Civil Society in Zambia: Limits to Growth. Spore 79. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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'There has been an explosive growth in organisations registering as Societies since the creation of the Third Republic in 1991. Many of these are formed by ex-civil servants whose positions have been eliminated in the scaling down of state...

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There has been an explosive growth in organisations registering as Societies since the creation of the Third Republic in 1991. Many of these are formed by ex-civil servants whose positions have been eliminated in the scaling down of state responsibilities. There is considerable anxiety among long-established CSOs that these new organisations are not value-driven-a fundamental characteristic of civil society organisations - but are merely opportunist attempts to access whatever funding is available in a time of hardship and scarce resources. Many civil practitioners in Zambia worry that the opportunists may be setting the tone for the whole sector -possibly prejudicing the work and the reputation of other CSOs, and limiting their ability to engage in collaborative activities with the government and the business sector.' by: Richard Holloway Pact Zambia P.O. Box 32796, Lusaka, Zambia fax +260 1 254858 e-mail: rjvhpact@zamnet.zm http://www.agricta.org/Spore/spore79