Ngo Field Workers in Bangladesh

ISBN-13: 9781138719866 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 234 str.

Mokbul Morshed Ahmad

Opis

This title was first published in 2002. Astonishingly, there have been very few studies and no books on NGO field workers. This book, looking at field workers in Bangladesh, provides excellent insights into this neglected field. The book examines four types of NGOs - international, national, regional and small/local - in a number of sample locations. It proposes that NGO field workers should be movers and shakers, with a more active role in policy making and puts forward several recommendations for changes in the management and structure of NGOs in future.

Recenzje

’Neither human resource management nor codes of practice have reached most Southern NGOs, which widely undervalue their field workers and make poor use of them. Here at last is academic research that displays the potential of this hidden resource to academics and NGO practitioners, and poses questions that need asking across the South.’ Janet G. Townsend, Reader in Geography, University of Durham, UK '...a unique effort...This is a pioneering piece of work, inviting more attention to a hitherto untouched aspect of research on the NGO sector.' Development Policy Review

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Donors, the state, NGOs and their clients in Bangladesh; The study NGOs; The careers of field workers; Field workers’ personal lives; The professional lives of field workers; Interactions between field workers and their clients and superiors; Field worker views on NGO policies and on 'development'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Ahmad, Mokbul Morshed