234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2002. NGOs are receiving increasing international attention and resources from policy makers, donors, academics and others. The New Policy Agenda accepts NGOs as agents for social welfare alongside the state and as fostering democracy in the Developing World. Astonishingly, however, there have been very few studies and no books on NGO field workers. This study of... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Donors, the state, NGOs and their clients in Bangladesh; The study NGOs; The careers of field workers; Field workers’ personal lives; The professional lives of field workers; Interactions between field workers and their clients and superiors; Field worker views on NGO policies and on 'development'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Ahmad, Mokbul Morshed
’Neither human resource management nor codes of practice have reached most Southern NGOs, which widely undervalue their field workers and make poor use of them. Here at last is academic research that displays the potential of this hidden resource to academics and NGO practitioners, and poses questions that need asking across the South.’ Janet G. Townsend, Reader in Geography, University of Durham, UK '...a unique effort...This is a pioneering piece of work, inviting more attention to a hitherto untouched aspect of research on the NGO sector.' Development Policy Review
