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The international aid system and the non-governmental organisations: a new research agenda

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  • Terje Tvedt

    (Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway)

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NGO researchers have rarely understood the reasons for the growth of NGOs across the world. This paper sets out the parameters for an improved framework for NGO research. Beginning with a short description of the history of the international aid system, the paper then argues that a set of concepts are needed that can establish a greater analytical distance for NGO research from a policy area that has for decades enjoyed an unusually high degree of moral and political legitimacy. In conclusion, the article argues that the institutional architecture and world views developed within this policy field will need to be integrated analytically in narratives of the general historical development of societies in the era of globalisation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Terje Tvedt, 2006. "The international aid system and the non-governmental organisations: a new research agenda," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(5), pages 677-690.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:18:y:2006:i:5:p:677-690
    DOI: 10.1002/jid.1304
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    1. Helen Wadham & Cathy Urquhart & Richard Warren, 2019. "Living with Paradox in International Development: An Extended Case Study of an International NGO," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 31(5), pages 1263-1286, December.
    2. Banks, Nicola & Hulme, David & Edwards, Michael, 2015. "NGOs, States, and Donors Revisited: Still Too Close for Comfort?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 707-718.
    3. Rosenberg, Alana & Hartwig, Kari & Merson, Michael, 2008. "Government-NGO collaboration and sustainability of orphans and vulnerable children projects in southern Africa," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 51-60, February.
    4. Tiina Kontinen & Anja Onali, 2017. "Strengthening Institutional Isomorphism in Development NGOs? Program Mechanisms in an Organizational Intervention," SAGE Open, , vol. 7(1), pages 21582440166, March.
    5. Ben Jones, 2017. "Looking Good: Mediatisation and International NGOs," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(1), pages 176-191, January.

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