NGO Responses to Urban Poverty - Service Providers or Partners in Planning? (Paperback)

This text brings a comparative analysis of the work of urban NGOs in the south based on The NGO in the City research project. It considers the roles, relationships, internal organization and programme performance of urban NGOs in India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, South Africa and Peru. Detailed case-studies in the second half of the volume illuminate the critical factors necessary for effective NGO performance in the city and it defines a capacity-building agenda for NGOs to realize this potential in urban poverty alleviation.