Government-NGO Relations in Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Toward New Government—NGO Relations for Sustainable and People-Centred Development

   • Noeleen Heyzer

   Pages 1-13

3. Contending Perspectives for Interpreting Government—NGO Relations in South and Southeast Asia: Constraints, Challenges and the Search for Common Ground in Rural Development

   • James V. Riker

   Pages 15-55

4. Challenges and Future Directions for Asian NGOs

   • Chandra de Fonseka

   Pages 57-76

5. Asian NGOs in Development: Their Role and Impact

   • Anil Bhatt

   Pages 77-89

6. From Cooptation to Cooperation and Collaboration in Government—NGO Relations: Toward an Enabling Policy Environment for People-Centred Development in Asia

   • James V. Riker

   Pages 91-130

7. Government, NGO and International Agency Cooperation: Whose Agenda?

   • David C. Korten, Antonio B. Quizon

   Pages 131-164

8. Steps Toward People-Centred Development: Vision and Strategies

   • David C. Korten

   Pages 165-189

9. Reflections on Government—NGO Relations in Asia: Prospects and Challenges for People-Centred Development

   • James V. Riker

   Pages 191-208

10. Back Matter

    Pages 209-247

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Governments and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in Asia face critical development challenges. This volume examines ways to improve the policy environment for NGOs in Asia so that they may contribute more effectively to the development process. The contributors identify the main factors which influence the policy environment for NGOs, characterize and compare the political space for NGOs, examine the roles that governments and international development agencies can play in supporting NGOs, and propose possible strategies and policy guidelines for improving government-NGO relations in Asia.

• development
• East Asia
• Economic Development
• gender
• government
• human rights
• identity
• Institution
• NGO
• Policy
• society
• sustainability
• Tradition
• United Nations
• work

• United Nations Development Fund for Women, Malaysia

  Noeleen Heyzer

• Global Studies Research Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

  James V. Riker

• Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, Metro Manila, The Philippines

  Antonio B. Quizon

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