The burgeoning sector of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in
Latin America--funded by Northern donors--is both catalyzing and
responding to change, as states, market, and civil society realign
in an age of information technology and globalization. The
political economic perspective of this book clarifies the emerging
role of Latin America's NGOs in the global community. After
introducing the expanding role of NGOs in the international
community at large, the book explores the history of NGOs in Latin
America. It then uses case studies to examine the economics and
politics of NGOs vis-a-vis information, partnerships, opportunism,
entrepreneurship, and compromise with donors.
As producers of international public goods, NGOs are
characterized as building blocks of the global community and as
contributors to economic production, employment, institutional
innovation, and technology transfer. This book concludes that
although NGOs cannot substitute for government, they are aptly
suited for complex partnerships with both domestic and
international public and private sectors and are more appropriate
vehicles for donor projects than Latin America's public
sectors.
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