NGOs: Fighting Poverty, Hurting the Poor. Sebastian Mallaby.
by Mallaby, Sebastian; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 79Global Issues. Publisher: Foreign Policy, 2004ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Dams -- Environmental aspects | Exploitation | Non-governmental organizations | Poor -- Developing countries | Poverty | Social action | Tibet -- Social conditions | Uganda -- Economic conditions | World BankDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The war against poverty is threatened by friendly fire. A swarm of media-savvy Western activists has descended upon aid agencies, staging protests to block projects that allegedly exploit the developing world. The protests serve professional agitators by keeping their pet causes in the headlines. But they do not always serve the millions of people who live without clean water or electricity." (FOREIGN POLICY) This article discusses how protests against NGOs affect the people who depend on these entities for aid.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: NGOs: Fighting Poverty, Hurting the Poor, Sept./Oct. 2004; pp. 50-58.
"The war against poverty is threatened by friendly fire. A swarm of media-savvy Western activists has descended upon aid agencies, staging protests to block projects that allegedly exploit the developing world. The protests serve professional agitators by keeping their pet causes in the headlines. But they do not always serve the millions of people who live without clean water or electricity." (FOREIGN POLICY) This article discusses how protests against NGOs affect the people who depend on these entities for aid.
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