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The Non-Profit Sector in the Context of Law in Development in Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2014

Ada Okoye Ordor
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Abstract

The non-profit agency typifies the organizational form for civil society activity and this very fact recommends it as a medium for development processes. This article applies the non-profit organization model to the study of law in development, by identifying ways in which non-profit associations of civil society serve as useful channels for development and describing how the law can enhance their contribution. By combining multidisciplinary perspectives on the role of the non-profit sector with selected law in development approaches, the article also constructs an analytical framework for the study of the legal environment of the non-profit sector in Africa. Furthermore, using illustrations from Africa, it draws out nuanced aspects of non-profit sector activity in the developing world, an exercise which is critical to any effort to redefine law in development scholarship in Africa to include its non-profit sector ally.

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Journal of African Law , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , April 2014 , pp. 45 - 70
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Copyright © SOAS, University of London 2014 

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