Fair distribution

Women's self-help groups run ration shops in Chhattisgarh

Endangered birdlands

Shadow meet

25 WTO members hold separate conclave

Fiery protest

Handbook on radio for NGOs

News Snippets

A taste of honey

For the small farmer, beekeeping is the new buzzword, as honey presents itself as an alternative source of income

NGOs play crucial role

The involvement of non-governmental organisations is essential for achieving sustainable development objectives

One goal, two roads

Non-governmental organisations are taking the government's proposal for cooperation in poverty alleviation with a healthy pinch of salt

Divorcing charity from voluntary work

A British government report recommends stripping voluntary organisations of their charitable status.

Co-opting NGOs

Recent government moves in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe to monitor NGOs and curtail their rights are being given a once-over

A few rotten NGOs

...have create enough of a stink to taint the rest of the much-vaunted 'Third Sector', says a government-funded body

Ethnic bonding

Neglected Nilgiri tribes gathered together to celebrate their ethnic identity and work towards community development

Window without a green view

Critics question the degree of democracy and transparency involved in the Global Environment Facility's horsetrading of power between the North …

Star-cross in Nigeria

NGOs and the Cross River state government are locked in a duel over the latter's plans to grant logging concessions to a Chinese metal company in …

Destination India

The Environment Protection Agency of the US plans to take up projects in India by working in tandem with government agencies and NGOs

Seeds of progress

An NGO in Karnataka is endeavouring to make poor farmers self-reliant in managing and sustaining land development projects in Kolar district

A learning experience

NGOs in Bangladesh have made non-formal education a trailblazing success story by employing ingenious teaching methods tailored to the needs of …

Beyond politics

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM AND WORLD CIVIC POLITICS·Paul Wapner·State University of New York Press, Albany·1996

Dating nature

Report>>For those who choose to remain close to concerns over the environment each day of the year

For a new deal

The role of non-government organisations (NGOs) in the international arena is changing. They have to devise new strategies to consolidate their …

For all the wrong reasons

Limiting the number of projects awarded to a NGO will do more harm than good. The civil society is an important ingredient of governance. Why …

The power game

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have become increasingly influential in the past 50 years. Awareness of human rights and social and …

NGO investment sought

Targeting the World Bank

Bretton Woods institutions come in for a beating from a new coalition of NGOs