Nongovernmental Organizations Enhance Global Health Security

Nongovernmental Organizations, Definition and History

Introduction Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are now recognized as key third sector actors on the landscapes of development, human rights, humanitarian action, environment, and many other areas of public action, from the post-2004 tsunami reconstruction efforts in Indonesia, India, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, to the 2005 Make Poverty History campaign for aid and trade reform and developing c...

CONVENTIONS, TREATIES AND OTHER RESPONSES TO GLOBAL ISSUES – Vol. II - NonGovernmental Organizations - Peter Willetts ©Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

The Impact of Official Aid on Nongovernmental Organizations

In promoting a "New Policy Agenda," bilateral and multilateral donor agencies are keen to finance nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and grassroots organizations (GROs) on the grounds of their economic efficiency and contribution to "good governance." This paper reviews the impact of this trend on NGO/GRO programming, performance, legitimacy and accountability. It finds that much of the case ...

Building Stronger Health Information Systems in the Developing World: Recommendations for Donors, Governments, and Nongovernmental Organizations

Role of nongovernmental organizations in health activities in Trinidad and Tobago.

s and Reporfs 193 paid or contract staff to assist member organizations in such areas as project proposal development, and that a documentation center be established as an information clearinghouse for and about NGOs. In addition, the conference urged governments to recognize NGOs as partners in development, encouraged NGOs to involve their target groups in decision making, and supported leader...