On 3/8/07, Ingrid wrote:
4. self-fulfilling prophecy in two ways
a. positioning determines who joins, which, in turn determines
perceptions
b. donor preferences determine ngo stances which do nothing to change
donor preferences
this is quite true....
especially when you have small local ngos competing with bigger
foreign ngos for the same basket of funds... i have seen the rather
unfortunate trend of bigger foreign ngos netting the money, and then
disbursing it out to local Ngos, a kind of sub-contracted
benevolence.... (I dont believe this is neccessarily true in india....
afaik, i have not seen a strong visible presence of global ngos....)
(though personally i am against all foreign aid in any form.... funny
enough, i like
the chinese model of doing business and investing in africa... )
