Abstract Background Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) collect and generate vast
amounts of potentially rich data, most of which are not used for research purposes …

The expansion of nonprofit sectors in most countries around the world during the last
decades has spurred interest in comparative research. This article documents and analyses …

Local public goods and social services are delivered through a variety of funding and
implementing channels in aid-dependent countries. Existing research proposes that …

Various informal networks such as extended and immediate family, religious organizations,
and NGOs assist a large segment of the neglected poor population worldwide by providing …

Social work practice and education have been significantly impacted by neoliberal
governmentality, which can greatly undermine the espoused social justice mission of social …

This paper argues that, while universities have a crucial role to play in social innovation by
democratizing knowledge, fulfilling that role in the Global South requires them to partner with …

The importance placed on collective action to enhance the contribution of sport to wider
development objectives is reflected in 'partnership'being a pervasive term throughout 'Sport …

Locally based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an important role in community
capacity building (CCB). Because these NGOs are generally located close to the affected …

The article focuses on the contribution of the European Union (EU) in promoting sustainable
development through the involvement of civil society in partner countries. More specifically, it …

Opinion is divided about the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance the
political capabilities of disadvantaged groups in neo-patrimonial contexts, and particularly …