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Title

NGOs and the Millennium Development Goals : citizen action to reduce poverty / edited by Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith, and Hildy Teegen.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

• Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M., 1965-
• Smith, Stephen C., 1955-
• Teegen, Hildy.

Description

x, 226 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

• UN Millennium Project
• Economic assistance > Developing countries > International cooperation
• Non-governmental organizations > Developing countries
• Poverty > Developing countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

JFD 07-3768

ISBN

• 140397974X (alk. paper)
• 9781403979742 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2006037222

OCLC

• 76416514
• vendorOCM76416514

Title

NGOs and the Millennium Development Goals : citizen action to reduce poverty / edited by Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith, and Hildy Teegen.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connect to:

Table of contents only

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Added Author

Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M., 1965-

Smith, Stephen C., 1955-

Teegen, Hildy.

Research Call Number

JFD 07-3768