Does aid promote decolonisation?
The Emergence of a Palestinian Globalised Elite: Donors, International Organisations and Local NGOs Sari Hanafi and Linda Tabar Jerusalem: Institute of Jerusalem Studies and Muwatin, the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy, 2005 Pp. 405 Reviewed by Sally Bland With much analytical and empirical evidence, Hanafi and Tabar persuasively argue for their thesis that the international aid pumped into the occupied Palestinian territories during the 1990s created a new elite among local NGOs. In the process, their book gives much theoretical and practical insight into how the development aid industry functions globally and how it impacts on local societies. The value of this book lies not only in shedding light on Palestinian NGOs; it also raises fundamental questions about the current state of interaction between North and South, between international organisations and local staff, politics and aid, and development and decolonisation. Not least, it examines and, in many cases, ch
