Beyond the Magic Bullet: NGO Performance and Accountability in the Post–Cold War World
  • 1996/285 pages
  • A Kumarian Press Book

Beyond the Magic Bullet:

NGO Performance and Accountability in the Post–Cold War World

Michael Edwards and David Hulme, editors
Hardcover: $67.00
ISBN: 978-1-56549-052-9
Beyond the Magic Bullet offers a thorough assessment of the roles, performance, and accountability of NGOs and grassroots organizations in international development assistance. Drawing on case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the authors provide frameworks for assessing performance and accountability and offer experienced-based guidelines for improving both.
Michael Edwards is an independent writer and activist affiliated with the think-tank Demos, the global web magazines Open Democracy and Transformation, and the Brooks World Poverty Institute at Manchester University. David Hulme is professor of development studies and founder-director of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre and the Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester.