Clinical Death of Smaller NGOs in Countries of Central Asia: Reasons, Facts, and the Way out.
- 주제(키워드) NGO studies
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 Iain Watson
- 발행년도 2019
- 학위수여년월 2019. 2
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 NGO학과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000028237
- 본문언어 영어
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초록/요약
There are tens of thousands of NGOs in Central Asia. The United Nations acknowledge their importance because these organizations are capable of making a significant contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set in 2015. Despite this, NGOs are struggling for survival since they have no financial means to continue their existence successfully. Financial resources offered by foreign countries and social contracts with the governments of the states they operate in might seem to be a great solution to the problem, but they make NGOs representative. To avoid representativeness and to become sustainable financially, NGOs start carrying economic activities as the legal environment for this is quite inclusive. Further thought shows that things like soft power of donor countries, wicked ODA policies, and the Law on Foreign Agents make economic activities a matter of great urgency. The research shows what the most pressing problems of NGOs are, what forces make NGOs find alternative sources of financial means, and offers a solution based on positive case studies. Three theories of international relations are used in the research to picture the realities in which NGOs operate.
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Abstract i
List of abbreviations ii
Contents iv
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Clinical death defined 1
1.2 The puzzle. 2
1.3 Importance of the research 4
1.4 Hypothesis 5
1.5 Research questions 5
1.6 Methods 6
1.7 Chapter outline 7
1.8 Theoretical backgrounds 8
1.8.1 Interdependence theory 8
1.8.2 Realism 10
1.8.3 Constructivism 12
CHAPTER II. REASONS 14
2.1 What is the main reason for NGOs’ clinical death? 14
2.1.1 Discussions with NGO leaders 14
2.1.2 Financial Sustainability as the main issue 16
2.2 Sources of financial resources or what makes NGOs representative 18
2.2.1 Government support 19
2.2.2 Foreign donors 20
2.3 Dead aid or the trust that NGOs have lost 21
CHAPTER III. FACTS 25
3.1 Breaking down stereotypes. 25
3.1.1 Can a non-profit organization make profit? 25
3.1.2 Dialogue with the former legal department administrator of the Public Union Resource Center for Elderly People. 26
3.1.3 Law on non-profit organizations of Kyrgyz Republic. 26
3.2 ODA and development: Why NGOs should look for alternatives 28
3.3 Soft power caution. 34
3.3.1 Power and its forms 35
3.3.2 Focus on being soft 37
3.3.3 Economic benefits 37
3.3.4 Political benefits 38
3.3.5 NGOs as agents of soft power 39
3.4 Law on foreign agents in Central Asia. 41
CHAPTER IV. THE WAY OUT 46
4.1 A new course to a Hybrid Entrepreneurship 46
4.2 Successful NGOs tend to develop income generating activities 49
4.2.1 Micro crediting as the best example of sustainability 49
4.2.2 Case study 51
4.3 The UN Global Compact and CSR in NGO sustainability 53
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION 57
5.1 Toward UN SDGs: Role of NGOs and the importance of their health. 57
5.2 International Relation Theories of the research 58
5.3 Research questions and findings in brief 59
5.4 Concluding remarks 61
List of tables and figures 62
References 63
