The remarkable rise in the number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide during the 1980s and 1990s has led to the need for a sober reassessment of their role in development. By the late 1990s, the NGOs’ earlier celebration as the “magic bullet” for achieving development objectives was replaced by a number of questions concerning their legitimacy, accountability and transparency, and ultimately their ability to effectively reduce poverty in developing countries. The present paper readdresses this set of questions and attempts to provide some answers based on studies conducted over the past ten years. In this context, we found that marginal improvements in the NGO impact at the country program level can be recorded. Other issues, however, remain unresolved. Finally, we offer a number of suggestions enabling these institutions to act more effectively as contributors to development. Overall, our findings suggest the need to take off our rose-colored glasses and adopt a more realistic view.
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Band 6, Heft 3 - Editors’ Forum: Law and Human Rights in Global History
Dezember 2012
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Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziertNGOs and Development ReconsideredLizenziert8. Dezember 2012
- Editors' Forum: Law and Human Rights in Global History
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Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziertPrefatory NoteLizenziert8. Dezember 2012
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Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziertInternational Law and Human Rights: Diverging and Converging HistoriesLizenziert8. Dezember 2012
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Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziertThe History of Human Rights: The Big Bang of an Emerging Field or Flash in the Pan?Lizenziert8. Dezember 2012
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Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziertStigmas and Memory of Slavery in West Africa: Skin Color and Blood as Social Fracture LinesLizenziert8. Dezember 2012
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Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziertCounter-Elites Swimming Up-Stream: The Challenge of Pursuing a Political Rights Agenda where Economic Rights TrumpLizenziert8. Dezember 2012
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Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziertDecision-Makers in the Dock: How Trials, Human Rights Advocacy and International Law are Shaping the Justice NormLizenziert8. Dezember 2012
- Book Reviews
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Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziertReview of Jürgen Osterhammel, Die Verwandlung der Welt. Eine Geschichte des 19. JahrhundertsLizenziert8. Dezember 2012
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Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziertReview of Noel Salazar's Envisioning EdenLizenziert8. Dezember 2012