… fourth ‘Manchester’NGO conference, held in late June 2005 and entitled ‘Reclaiming
Development: Assessing the Contribution of NGOs to Development Alternatives’. Financial support …

… The role of NGOs in promoting development alternatives can be thought of in … alternatives
has been in relation to 'big D' Development - NGOs have been seen as sources of alternative …

… dominant development orthodoxies. He reminds us that if NGOs have failed to become true
promoters and actors in delivering alternatives, it is a failure shared by those who study and …

… NGOs and development alternatives. It does so through four steps: First, it begins with a
reflection on the concept of “development,” one that stakes out a terrain on which the term …

… The first part of the paper outlines concepts through which we aim to approach the relationships
between NGOs and development alternatives. The second section then reconstructs, in …

… These have helped to shape our own thinking on the challenges that face … where many
NGOs have dramatically expanded their operational budgets and staffing. Expansion can take …

… Bank, can be applied to any World Bank report. Thus, the second part of this paper critically
assesses the capacity of NGOs to detect – and subsequently develop into a challenge to the …

… Development NGOs today confront a problem of identity and coherence. How do they
intervene in the market and extend and diversify sources of financing without losing sight of the …

… finally solve the intractable problems we have been tackling for such a long time. … have
learned about the roles of participation, empowerment, and development alternatives in change …

… ‘alternative’ means at this juncture (Tandon, 2001). And while some NGOs have undergone
… and other key challenges appears to have set in. We therefore ask again whether and how …