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Linda Polman, a Dutch journalist and author of The Crisis Caravan, has said that the
overarching goal of the world's largest NGOs is to secure funding. "Aid organisations are
businesses dressed up like Mother Theresa," says Polman.

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Sally Matthews, a professor at South Africa's Rhodes University, tells The Africa Report:

"NGOs are playing an increasingly prominent role in many sectors and are often seen to
speak for particular groups – the poor, rural women and so on. But what mandate do

they have to play this role?"

"NGOs: Blessing or Curse?," 182
The Africa Report (November 2017)
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NGOs must decolonise aid relief, says Oxfam UK CEO

"NGOs Must Decolonise Aid Relief, Says Oxfam UK CEO" 183
OpenDemocracy.
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Are INGOs ready to give up power?

"Are INGOs Ready to Give up Power? - From Poverty to Power." 184
Oxfam (Blog)

Transnational Arrogance (Modern day Imperialism ?)
“ Non-government organizations working in development form a transnational

community which has a new role in imperialism today. We explored the knowledge
economy of this community with NGOs in Ghana, India, Mexico and Europe and found it

to be largely donor-controlled and generally top-down, often against the will of
committed individual actors.

Governability is arguably a greater priority to donors than the most effective poverty

reduction. The new managerialism and its audit culture impose demands on NGOs that
tend to work against any 'listening' to southern NGOs or their clients, so that the sharing
of local knowledge and ideas is very restricted. “

“'The Role of the Transnational Community of Non-Government Organizations: 185
Governance or Poverty Reduction?',”
Journal of International Development, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 829-839.
Townsend, J.G., Porter, G. and Mawdsley, E. (2002)

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When international NGOs try to "help" local ones and fail,
Four problems