Beyond the magic bullet : NGO performance and accountability in the post-cold war world /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	West Hartford, Conn. : Kumarian Press, c1996.
Description:	x, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Kumarian Press books on international development
Subject:	Nonprofit organizations -- Evaluation -- Congresses. Non-governmental organizations -- Evaluation -- Congresses. Non-governmental organizations -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Non-governmental organizations. Non-governmental organizations -- Evaluation. Nonprofit organizations -- Evaluation. Developing countries. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4555593

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Other authors / contributors:	Edwards, Michael, 1957- Hulme, David.
ISBN:	1565490525 (alk. paper) 1565490517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	"Published under the auspices of the Save the Children Fund--U.K." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: NGO Performance and Accountability
Part One. Conceptual Frameworks
1. Why NGOs Are Not a Third Sector: A Sectoral Analysis with Some Thoughts on Accountability, Sustainability, and Evaluation
2. Negotiating Room to Maneuver: Reflections Concerning NGO Autonomy and Accountability within the New Policy Agenda
3. Board Games: Governance and Accountability in NGOs
Part Two. Case Studies
4. Scaling Up, Mainstreaming, and Accountability: The Challenge for NGOs
5. European NGOs and Democratization in Central America: Assessing Performance in Light of Changing Priorities
6. From Accountability to Shared Responsibility: NGO Evaluation in Latin America
7. Accountability and Participation: A Case Study from Bombay
8. Strategies for Monitoring and Accountability: The Working Women's Forum Model
9. NGO Accountability in Bangladesh: Beneficiaries, Donors, and the State
10. NGOs in Bangladesh: Issues of Legitimacy and Accountability
11. "Return to the Roots": Processes of Legitimacy in Sudanese Migrant Associations
12. NGOs and Development in East Africa: A View from Below
Part Three. Ways Forward
13. Assessing NGO Performance: Difficulties, Dilemmas, and a Way Forward
14. Painting Canadian Roses Red
15. Accountability and Effectiveness in NGO Policy Alliances
16. Participatory Methods for Increasing NGO Accountability: A Case Study from India
17. Transforming the Transnational NGOs: Social Auditing or Bust?
18. The Primacy of the Personal
19. Beyond the Magic Bullet? Lessons and Conclusions

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