Terminology: NGO
| ROAPE African Acronym Demystifier Terminology: NGO |
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Non-Governmental Organisation An organisation which is apparently free from control of a government. In some cases, funding comes from a wide number of individual donors (such as OXFAM), or it may come from a few large governments (such as the IMF). |
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 | Contents Page: "Democracy, Civil Society and NGOs" Vol.20 No.55 of the Review of African Political Economy (November 1992) |
| Contents Page: "NGOs and the Development Industry" Vol.24 No.71 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1997) |
| Aid Games Article by Annie Thebaud from Vol.13 No.36 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1986: pp43-49) |
| Democracy, Civil Society and NGOs Editorial from Vol.20 No.55 of the Review of African Political Economy (November 1992: pp3-8) |
| Distant Obligations: Speculations on NGO Funding and the Global Market Article by Alan Fowler from Vol.20 No.55 of the Review of African Political Economy (November 1992: pp9-29) |
| An End to Isolation: The Report of the Ogaden Needs Assessment Study 1991 by Julius Holt and Mark Lawrence; The Prize of Peace: A Survey of Rural Somaliland by Julius Holt && Mark Lawrence; Making Ends Meet: A Survey of the Food Economy of the Ethiopian Northeast Highlands by Julius Holt && Mark Lawrence Review by Anne Palmer from Vol.21 No.60 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1994: pp228-233) |
| ROAPE Review of Books Editorial by Ray Bush and Morris Szeftel from Vol.23 No.68 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1996: pp127-128) |
| Confrontation, Co-operation or Co-optation: NGOs and the Ghanaian State during Structural Adjustment Article by Ian Gary from Vol.23 No.68 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1996: pp149-168) |
| NGOs, the State and Civil Society Article by Henrik Secher Marcussen from Vol.23 No.69 of the Review of African Political Economy (September 1996: pp405-423) |
| NGOs and the Development Industry Editorial by Mike Powell and David Seddon from Vol.24 No.71 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1997: pp3-10) |
| Happy Ever After in Marketplace: NGOs/Uncivil Society Article by Sheelagh Stewart from Vol.24 No.71 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1997: pp11-34) |
| New Development Agendas: Changes in UK NGO Policies and Procedures Article by Tina Wallace from Vol.24 No.71 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1997: pp35-55) |
| Aid, NGOs and Grassroots Development: Northern Burkina Faso Article by Nicholas Atampugre from Vol.24 No.71 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1997: pp57-73) |
| Links to Other Sites | |
| Home Page: IMF International Monetary Fund - detailed website with many materials and a searchable index; describes the IMF as 'a cooperative institution that 182 countries have voluntarily joined because they see the advantage of consulting with one another in this forum to maintain a stable system of buying and selling their currencies so that payments in foreign money can take place between countries smoothly and without delay'! (www.imf.org, 07-Dec-98) |
| Home Page: OXFAM Oxfam International - a development, advocacy, and relief agency working to end world-wide poverty (www.oxfam.org, 05-Jun-99) |
| Home Page: USAID United States Agency for International Development - in its own words, an agency that "conducts foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the US" (www.info.usaid.gov, 05-Jun-99) |
| Home Page: WB Word Bank (www.worldbank.org, 05-Jun-99) |
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