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NGOs and the Millennium Development Goals : citizen action to reduce poverty /

This book examines the role of NGOs in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the fight to end global poverty more generally. The MDGs arguably represent the greatest opportunity and challenge for alleviating poverty and improving quality of life globally in our time. Their achievemen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M., 1965-, Smith, Stephen C., 1955-, Teegen, Hildy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith, and Hildy Teegen
  • The MDGs and NGO potential roles
  • Can the MDGs foster a new partnership for pro-poor policies? / Jan Vandemoortele
  • Some practical limits of the NGO role: a critical perspective / Michael Edwards
  • Beyond the "non": the strategic space for NGOs in development / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith, and Hildy Teegen
  • The context for achieving the MDGs
  • The enabling environment for achieving the Millennium Development Goals: government actions to support NGOs / Derick W. Brinkerhoff
  • The politics of global partnership / Martha Finnemore
  • The need for political will: a short note on the millennium campaign / Carol Welch
  • Application of the theoretical framework
  • Organizational comparative advantages of NGOs in eradicating extreme poverty and hunger: strategy for escape from poverty traps / Stephen C. Smith
  • The role of NGOs in health, education, environment, and gender: application of the theoretical framework / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith, and Hildy Teegen
  • Conclusions and policy implications / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith, and Hildy Teegen
  • Afterword. The power of social entrepreneurship / William Drayton.