The Real world of NGOs : discourses, diversity and development /

Hilhorst, Dorothea.

The Real world of NGOs : discourses, diversity and development / Dorothea Hilhorst. - Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2003. - xii, 257 p. : ill. 23 cm.

Ethnography of an NGO which helps development practitioners understand better what NGOs are, and the roles played by local history, language, social ties, and politics in development work. Shows a different picture of NGOs from that prevailing in the literature, which is helpful in understanding not just these bodies, but official development agencies as well. Co-published with Zed Press (BIP-ADMUP).

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Non-government organizations--Philippines
Women in development--Philippines

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