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Written for NGDO leaders, managers, donors, and those with an academic interest, the book summarises the major tasks of sustainable people-centred development, describing five factors which influence effectiveness: suitable organisational design; competent leadership and human resources; appropriate external relationships; mobilisation of high quality finance; and the measurement of performance coupled to `learning for leverage'. |Details are given of the capacities needed in each area and how they can be assessed and improved.
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Part 1 The Game and the Players: Understanding international development; Understanding development NGOs. Part 2 NGDO: Being and Doing in Development; NGDO capacity for development; NGDO people, leadership and management; Making NGDO relationships effective; Mobilizing financial resources; Assessing development impact and organizational performance. Part 3 Improving and Moving On: Growing development capacities; The future in the balance.
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Alan Fowler has been working with NGDOs for over 20 years as a manager, consultant, donor, wirter, researcher, and as a Visiting Fellow at the World Bank and the Society for Participatory Research in Asia. In 1991, he co-founded the International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC).