1st Edition

Private Voluntary Organizations As Agents Of Development

By Robert F. Gorman Copyright 1985
    263 Pages
    by Routledge

    263 Pages
    by Routledge

    Private voluntary organizations have an increasingly important role to play in the provision of development assistance, either as alternative forms of resource flow or as channels of aid that are systematically integrated into the official intergovernmental aid system. This book explores the practical and theoretical aspects of PVOs, including the

    Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Introduction -- Reflections on Development Policy: A View from the Private Voluntary Sector -- PVOs and Development Through Basic Human Needs -- Development and the PVO: Incentives for Participation -- The Domestic Environment of AID-Registered PVOs: Characteristics and Impact -- U.S. and Canadian PVOs As Transnational Development Institutions -- Voluntary Agencies and the Promotion of Enterprise -- Making PVOs Count More: A Proposal -- Appropriate Administration: Creating A 'Space' Where Local Initiative and Voluntarism Can Grow -- Conclusion

    Biography

    Robert F. Gorman