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

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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Additional Authors
  • Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M., 1965-
  • Smith, Stephen C., 1955-
  • Teegen, Hildy.
Description
x, 226 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
"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 achievement will require maximizing all available resources and capitalizing on all available actors. NGOs have been highlighted by governments and global leaders as an important actor, but without better understanding of their potential, roles, and challenges to their effectiveness, governments are not likely to fully tap their contribution and thus will be further challenged in achieving the MDGs. This book presents and examines general NGO roles and comparative advantages, as well as roles and opportunities specific to particular MDG sectors."--BOOK JACKET.
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
1. Introduction / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith and Hildy Teegen -- 2. Can the MDGs foster a new partnership for pro-poor policies? / Jan Vandemoortele -- 3. Some practical limits of the NGO role : a critical perspective / Michael Edwards -- 4. Beyond the "non" : the strategic space for NGOs in development / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith and Hildy Teegen -- 5. The enabling environment for achieving the Millennium Development Goals : government actions to support NGOs / Derick W. Brinkerhoff -- 6. The politics of global partnership / Martha Finnemore -- 7. The need for political will : a short note on the Millennium campaign / Carol Welch -- 8. Organizational comparative advantages of NGOs in eradicating extreme poverty and hunger : strategy for escape from poverty traps / Stephen C. Smith -- 9. The role of NGOs in health, education, environment, and gender : application of the theoretical framework / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith and Hildy Teegen -- 10. Conclusions and policy implications / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Stephen C. Smith and Hildy Teegen -- 11. Afterword : the power of social entrepreneurship / William Drayton.
ISBN
  • 140397974X (alk. paper)
  • 9781403979742 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2006037222
OCLC
  • OCM76416514
  • 76416514
  • SCSB-5924564
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries