政府扶贫与NGO扶贫的比较

文章对政府与NGO非政府组织在扶贫领域的行为进行了比较,分析了政府与NGO各自的优劣势以及相互合作的基础,找到了政府与NGO合作实施扶贫的模式,为中国扶贫事业的发展提供一定的理论依据。     

北京市应急志愿者队伍发展现状与问题研究

芦山地震救援见证了民间救援力量的成长,但同时也反应了我国应急志愿者队伍中存在的一些问题。以北京市应急志愿者为研究对象,从应急志愿者队伍发展的现状、应急志愿者的能力和培训,以及北京市专业应急志愿者建设等方面进行了探讨,分析北京市应急志愿者队伍管理与发展中的特点和存在的问题,以期能够为北京市应急志愿者队伍健康发展和科学管理提供参考。     

A Critical View on the Role of NGOs in Systemic Capacity Building: Insights from Projects for Promoting Access to Water and Self-sufficiency in Food Production in Northern Ghana

The paper takes the example of Northern Ghana with its inadequate provision of basic social infrastructure for exploring the ability of NGOs to provide effective capacity building. It examines if NGOs have sufficient understanding and knowledge for operations and if their philosophy and objectives are enough to enable judgment and lasting successes. Weaknesses and strengths of NGOs are investigated as they still are indispensable organizations for developing backward areas, especially for fostering sustainable rural community development. It is shown that the theoretical framework of ‘landscape development' applies best to analyse how the many simultaneous transformations occur in this context and how they connect. A succinct impact study is exhibited in the paper to demonstrate how some of these effects come about. The survey regards World Vision, an international NGO that has been active in Ghana for a long time.     

河南省NGO现状探析

文章在对河南省NGO进行实证调查的基础上,检视了河南省NGO发展的现状,进而剖析NGO存在的功能异化,最后尝试提出NGO发展脱困的路径选择。     

In—Credible Government: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Non-Governmental Organizations

This article analyses emerging trans-global networks of governance that are coming to light within a post-democratic form of governance that relies upon specific technologies of credibility building, as opposed to universalistic mechanisms of representation. Using the NGO sector as a model, and using examples from fieldwork conducted in the unraveled contexts of Bosnia and Croatia, and the unraveling context of Ecuador over the past decade, we show how intervention within the global south and post conflict realms, although often couched using such master terms as democracy, development and freedom, are in fact geared towards the generation of political legitimacy and influence through relationships based upon the exchange of credibility.

An assessment of child protection in Bangladesh: How effective is NGO-led Child-Friendly Space?

Many underprivileged Bangladeshi children are vulnerable to child trafficking, abuse, and exploitation. Child-Friendly Space (CFS) is a semi-permanent house space where vulnerable children are given the support to have a safe environment to survive and thrive. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of CFS in providing a protective environment for the children in Bangladesh. A set of secondary and primary data was used to review child protection situation in Bangladesh, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the CFS within a community. An evaluation of child development among the children who attend in the CFS and who do not attend in the CFS was conducted. CFS was found to benefit vulnerable children and communities in terms of protective environment and child development. Children attending in the CFS had better performance at almost every child development indicator. At the community level, child labor decreased in the areas where CFS exists. To respond to the continuing threats of child insecurity, this study presents a set of recommendations for the sustainability of the CFS in the community.     

城市治理分析

本文首先界定了治理和城市治理的内涵 ;接着分析了城市治理的几种模式 ;最后指出中国城市治理应主要解决三大问题 :改革中国城市政府、建立高效的城市公共管理机制 ,建立和发挥非政府组织的作用 ,处理城市间的竞争与合作的关系     

包容性创新过程中企业和贫困群体之间“结构洞”的产生与跨越

包容性创新需要企业与贫困群体建立起一定的市场经济关系。然而,他们所面临的环境缺乏支撑市场机制有效运行的制度安排和基本条件,创新活动的开展更多建立在社会关系基础之上。由于企业与贫困群体之间的社会网络极其松散,呈现出一种弱关系,在此情景下产生了“结构洞”,即信息非对称性配置及渠道障碍下的“信息洞”、资金匮乏及知识技能不足导致的“资源洞”以及制度安排和基本条件缺失下的“市场洞”。为跨越“结构洞”,引入第三方——非政府组织（Non-Governmental Organization,英文缩写NGO）来为企业与贫困群体搭桥,从而实现两者间信息资源的流动、社会网络的耦合以及信任关系的建立。     

Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Welfare Reform in the United States on NGOs

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 dramatically transformed the structure and goals of the public welfare system in the United States. The vast body of research and evaluation generated by the 1996 welfare reforms largely overlooked nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) despite their substantial historical and contemporary involvement in the delivery of social services to low-income populations. Therefore, this paper presents a unique assessment of PRWORA's implications based on the perspective of 90 social service NGOs operating in the Detroit metropolitan area. Examination of their services, staffing, budgets, and clients reveals many changes experienced by NGOs between 1996 and 2000 related to the welfare reforms. Overall, the findings suggest an increased role for social service NGOs in the public welfare system as well as concerns regarding their capacity to adequately fulfill this growing responsibility in the future.     

New Agendas and New Patterns of International NGO Political Action

International advocacy strategies devised for the political environment in which World Bank policy is decided are often not suitable for advocacy on broader financial policy and trade issues. Advocacy in these new agendas challenges prevailing models, which depict NGOs as mobilizing powerful governments and international organizations to influence a government's behavior. The patterns of international NGO political activity are diverse, sometimes restraining the power of international rules and authorities over individual governments, and require a new or broader model