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Changing Contexts for Aid and their Implications for Development NGOs Lars Engberg-Pedersen19 May, 2008

DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

A central challenge

Civil society is concerned that it has been marginalised in the Paris Declaration,

but has not addressed the issue of ownership.

The donor-recipient relationship is a key obstacle to development,

and the partnership approach does not resolve it.

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4 contextual changes to NGO aid

1. Increased interaction between aid and other policy areas

2. The increased differentiation of poor countries?

3. The changing configuration of the ‘aid architecture’

4. An increasing concern with coordination

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4 possible responses for NGOs

1. Join an international NGO or network and go for international advocacy

2. Provide services to CSOs in poor countries

3. Focus on development education and advocacy in rich countries

4. Link up with organisations in other policy areas and focus on cross-cutting advocacy