Course Title: Development Practice: International Context and Worlds of Action
Convenor: Dr.Farhad Hossain
Programme Name: M I D P
Student’s ID: 8371644
Review The International Aid System and the Non-Governmental organizations: A new Research Agenda: Terje Tvedt
The importance of GO-NGO relation varies from country to country but as a whole it has a very significant influence over development initiatives and policy. In this article the writer predominantly urges for new way and avenue of inquiry into the study of NGOs and their activities. He insists that to go into the deep research on NGO- the process that has been used is not holistic. The traditional method has always been apprehensive with the capacity and improvement of NGOs work for the poor. Because of the lacking in proper NGO research framework the scholars and researchers have failed to thrive for identifying the reasons behind the high frequency of the growth of NGOs not only in developing countries but also in donor countries. Observing that tendency the writer has formulated some standards for the improvement of NGO research.
On the course of setting new standard the writer has navigated through the history and evolution of emergence of NGOs to the political economy of the world order. He says from the inception of NGOs the researchers tried to put this organization to multiple statuses ranging from alternative government, civil society as a third sector after state and market. The writer senses some coterie interest of political leaders of donor states, state bureaucrats, diplomats and researchers behind the promotion of NGOs as sovereign image. Having pointed that aspect he counselled for the deep study on the networks and