Why many large non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming multinational entities? What are the welfare implications of this integration of markets for development donations? To answer these questions, we build a simple two-country model with horizontally di¤erentiated NGOs competing through fundraising e¤ort. We …nd that NGOs become multinational if the economies of scale in fundraising...

In order to simulate the coordination of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in humanitarian relief, we propose a theoretical framework for the emergence of collaborative projects and corresponding coalitions. In this framework, NGOs are represented as autonomous and heterogeneous agents who are embedded in social networks. They interact with each other in various ways, deliberatively identif...

In an endemic area of North-East Brazil (the town of Picos, State of Piauí), a nongovernmental organization (NGO) supported the activity against leprosy in connection with governmental health organizations and local agents. The indicators of leprosy elimination were compared over time (within Picos) and across space (Picos versus Piauí). The case detection rate, above 8 per 10,000 people in the...

The call for increased accountability of non-governmental development organizations (NGOs) has created pressure for NGOs to provide quantifiable results of their work in order for donors to have more objective decision-making criteria. This paper aims to show that these market-based performance measurement tools have adverse effects and conflict with the beneficiary-oriented work of NGOs. To il...

In addition to the proliferation of private, fee-paying schools in India, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) play an important role in providing educational services, especially in un-served and under-served communities. This paper uses qualitative research to critically examine the nature and potential of NGO provision of primary schooling in India. In particular, it explores the contributio...

Neoplasms of the brain are often overlooked in resource-limited countries. Our literature search via AJOL and PubMed demonstrated that brain tumor research is still a rarity in these regions. We highlight the current status, importance, challenges, and methods of improving brain tumor research in West Africa. We suggest that more attention be given to basic, clinical, and epidemiological brain ...

Using the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) as a case in point, the paper describes the complex world societal situation within which non-governmental organizations that address health issues have to operate.This paper describes the complex world societal situation within which non-governmental organizations (NGOs), that are addressing health issues have to o...

formation of non-governmental organizations is in order to realize the citizenship rights and support the legitimate demands of their and in line with the needs of human societies . realization this goal has several conditions that among the most important is to maintain the independence of these organizations. how to establish, supervision and dissolution of the organizations and the degree of...