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This paper examines NGOs and other non-profits (NONPROs) as alternatives to government service-delivery in developing urban areas. Reconfiguration is suggested in a three-way “ironic triangle” including host governments and external donors. Examples are given as well as requisites for strengthening of NONPROs. Service-provision will become increasingly indigenous and bottom-up if cooptation can be avoided and NONPROs can increase their capacities.
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Henderson, K. Alternative Service Delivery in Developing Countries: NGOs and Other Non-Profits in Urban Areas. Public Organization Review 2, 99–116 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016051211179
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