TABLE 10.

Nongovernment organizations (NGOs)⁸³

There is such a broad spectrum of NGOs that it is difficult to define them. They can be divided into 6 categories.

1. Relief and welfare agencies, including missionary societies, providing services routinely and in emergencies

2. Technical innovation organizations, which promote new or improved approaches to problems

3. Public service contractors, which are contracted by government aid agencies to perform particular activities, such as food aid

4. Popular development agencies, which are northern NGOs and their southern counterparts and focus on self-help and social development

5. Grassroots development organizations, which are locally based, southern NGOs, and may or may not receive funding from popular development agencies

6. Advocacy groups and networks, which do not necessarily have field projects, but exist primarily to educate and lobby