New Roles and Relevance: Development Ngos and the Challenge of Change

by Wallace,Tina

• ISBN13: 9781565491205
• ISBN10: 1565491203
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-11-30
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Summary

* Examines the new roles and challenges NGOs confront as they grow beyond service delivery and advocacy * Argues for engagement and more effective learning strategies at both global and local levels Written by a dynamic combination of key researchers and practitioners, New Roles and Relevanceexamines the large range of critical challenges facing development NGOs as they struggle to maintain their integrity and independence, while simultaneously assuming an expanding role in the fight against global poverty. This authoritative book calls for an overall improvement in theory and practice by challenging NGOs to search for greater relevance, improved accountability, and better performance in the globalized world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	ix
David Lewis
Tina Wallace
Increasing Leverage for Development: Challenges for NGOs in a Global Future	1	(14)
Michael Edwards
David Hulme
Tina Wallace
Part I: Alternative Thinking about Development Concepts and Ideas	15	(58)
Relief and Development: Disjuncture and Dissonance	17	(12)
Ian Smillie
Understanding Development as a Living Process	29	(10)
Allan Kaplan
The Future of Nongovernmental Organizations in a World of Civil Corporations	39	(12)
Simon Zadek
Understanding NGOs from the Perspective of New Institutional Economics: A Case Study from Ghana	51	(12)
John Cameron
Learning for Growth: Organizational Learning in South Asian NGOs	63	(10)
John Hailey
Part II: New Approaches to Influencing Policy	73	(66)
Civil Society: Technical Instrument or Social Force for Change?	75	(14)
Jude Howell
Jenny Pearce
Making the Connection: Legitimacy Claims, Legitimacy Chains and Northern NGOs' International Advocacy	89	(10)
Alan Hudson
NGOs, Democratization, and Good Governance: The Case of Bangladesh	99	(10)
Mahbubul Karim
Civil Society, Empowerment, Democratic Pluralism, and Poverty Reduction: Delivering the Goods at National and Local Levels	109	(12)
Harry Blair
Stormy Weather: Microfinance, Shocks, and the Prospects for Sustainability	121	(10)
Susan Johnson
Karen Doyle
M. Emrul Hasan
Eduardo Jimenez
Thalia G. Kidder
Striving for Influence in a Complex Environment: NGO Advocacy in the European Union	131	(8)
Christian L. Freres
Part III: Innovations in Development Practice	139	(84)
The Importance of People on the Ground in International Campaigns	141	(12)
Jennifer Chapman
Think Globally, Act Locally: Translating International Microcredit Experience into the United Kingdom Context	153	(12)
Ruth Pearson
NGOs and Local Organizations: A Mismatch of Goals and Practice?	165	(12)
Sarah Crowther
Microenterprise and Microfinance: The New Kids on the Block	177	(10)
Pat Richardson
Karen Langdon
NGOs and Peace Building in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: States, Civil Societies, and Companies in the New Millennium	187	(12)
Pamela Mbabazi
Timothy M. Shaw
An Actor-Oriented Approach to Micro and Small Enterprise Development: A Namibian Case Study	199	(14)
Stephen Biggs
Frank R. Matsaert
``Implementation by Proxy'': The Next Step in Power Relationships between Northern and Southern NGOs?	213	(10)
Margaret Simbi
Graham Thom
Abbreviations	223	(2)
Bibliography	225	(16)
About the Contributors	241	(4)
Index	245