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This 8 page paper evaluates the New Policy Agenda and how it relates to the NPO sector. The concepts of NPA and NPO are clearly defined. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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seems to concur. It does appear that the New Policy Agenda has created an impetus for change. While there are some reports of NPOs not performing well, much has to
do with the time frame in which the report emanates as well as ones definition of NGO. There are many. In fact, there is a discrepancy in terms of reporting
on NGOs. Some definitions are inclusive, and will embrace any organization serving some social need (Rutherford, 1998). Others reserve the term only for intermediary organizations that create
linkages between central government, donors, or the grassroots movements (1998). Still others include community organizations, social movements , and local government and private firms (World Bank 1995 as cited
in Rutherford, 1998). An example of an NGO is a group called Women for Change; this NGO is part of the Oasis Forum, and has appealed to Zambians to
continue an anti-CRC campaign involving honking car horns and the wearing green ribbons ("MWANAWASA," 2003). Jenny Pearce (1993 as cited in Rutherford, 1998) contends that NGOs have become: "something
which everybody can love, but which mean very different things to everyone" (p.PG). The primary component of the New Policy Agenda (NPA) is an ideological preference for markets
over state controls in the allocation of of scarce resources (Copestake, 1996). With implications for financial markets, it questions the very provision of subsidies to financial intermediaries and is often
at odds with historical tradition of subsidized credit delivery among international NGOs or official agencies for that matter (1996). However, the meshing of social policy and civil society has become
rather usual in respect to international discussions of development priorities in respect to the Third World (Rutherford, 1998). Appraisals of the implementation of structural adjustment programs and proposals for
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