NGO is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations (UN)‚ and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are not conventional for-profit business. In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments‚ the NGO maintains its nongovernmental status by excluding government representatives from membership in the organization
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Challenges Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed Managing Driector Palli Karma - Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Bangladesh. 1. Introduction In recent years‚ microcredit‚ in its wider dimension known as microfinance‚ has become a much f avoured intervention for poverty alleviation in the developing countries and least development countries. There is scarcely a poor country and development oriented donor agency (multilateral‚ bilateral and private) not involved in the promotion (in one for m or other) of
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organizations face various problems and issues on a day to day as well as long term basis. These Challenges can be changed country to country like some problems faced by NGOs in Sri Lanka might not be a problem of NGOs in China. In this report we have identified common problems faced by NGOs and other special challenges for NGOs in different countries. Challenges faced by Non Government Organizations: Leadership Challenges The health of the nonprofit sector depends on the quality of its executive
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brac ngo Chapter 23 - The role of nongovernmental organizations in extension John Farrington John Farrington is an agricultural economist and Director of the Rural Resources and Poverty Research Programme at the Overseas Development Institute in London. NGO characteristics Examples of potentially replicable NGO-GO interaction What extension services can do to further collaborate with NGOs Conclusions Notes References In recent years‚ many observers have suggested that agricultural
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Poverty Alleviation Effort in Bangladesh: Involvement of Selected Banks and NGOs Munim Kumar Barai* Md. Liakat Hossain Moral* Abstract Reduction of poverty has remained the most important national goal since the independence of Bangladesh. Though it was initially the sole responsibility of the government‚ banks‚ FIs and NGOs got themselves involved in the effort beginning from the late 1970s. Now their role has emerged as to be vital in the entire pursuit of poverty alleviation. Available statistics
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VOL 3‚ NO 2 Role and Performance of Government and NGOs in Relief Assistance: A Case Study of 2005 Earthquake61 Khalil Ahmad(Corresponding author) Assistant Professor of Economics University of the Punjab‚ Lahore Tanveer Ahmed Naveed Lecturer‚ Department of Economics University of Gujrat Sami Ullah Lecturer‚ Department of Economics University of Gujrat Tahir Rashid Ph. D. Scholar at Government College University‚ Lahore (Pakistan) Abstract This study investigates the role and performance
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Marketing of NGOs | | There are a lot of different kinds of marketing nowadays: not only traditional‚ such as offer of goods but also marketing of services‚ marketing of organisations‚ marketing of ideas‚ marketing of interaction and some others. Any kind of activity in modern society requires knowledge of marketing. In this section of the Portal one can find useful information on marketing technologies. The information is taken from new publications on marketing.Marketing a nonprofit organization
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activities ♣ NGOs are not just liberal or leftist organizations; many represent conservative and right-wing interests too! NGO-government partnerships ♣ Some of the most innovative development work is taking place at the intersection of NGO-government cooperation o NGOs supplement services provided by government (e.g.‚ health care or health information)‚ stretching the money that each spends o Governments can act as customers/consumers for NGO initiated activities o Governments and NGOs can each
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1972 soon after the liberation of Bangladesh‚ BRAC is currently present in all 64 districts of Bangladesh‚ with over 7 million micro-finance group members‚ 37‚500 non-formal primary schools and more than 70‚000 health volunteers. BRAC is the largest NGO by number of staff employing over 120‚000 people‚ the majority of whom are women. BRAC operates various programs such as those in microfinance and education in over nine countries across Asia and Africa‚ reaching more than 110 million people. The organization
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This NGO project brought a significant change in our lives. Initially we were not sure that how such a project would benefit us. But after starting our NGO project we understood the significance of the project and reasons for making NGO project an essential part of the curriculum at ITM business school. We would like to thank our Prof. Dasbiswas‚ dean‚ ITM business school‚ Prof. Manisha Karandikar‚ Dr. Sangita Trott‚ Prof. Richa Bhandari ( project coordinator)‚ Prof. Shilja Jose
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