Working in partnership between INGOs and local civil society organizations has increasingly become the implementation model of choice among donors, policymakers, international practitioners, and local ...

Since the launch of the global War on Terror, civil society has come under persistent threat. New laws restricting the spaces and activities of civil society have been passed across the world. The ...

Recent political, social and economic circumstances in Vietnam have inspired a renewed interest in the development of civil society. A political vibrancy has developed that is potentially capable of ...

The global civil society ecosystem can be characterized as a complex and interconnected network of individuals and groups drawn from rich histories of associational relationships and interactions.

Autocrats desire a more autocratic world. A lack of transparency opens the door for greater corruption and kleptocracy and normalizes human rights violations. It also creates new international norms, ...

CIVIL society groups are urging stronger participatory budget planning to close persistent gaps between national development plans and actual public spending, warning that limited citizen involvement ...

This article is concerned with the future role of community development. It examines the relationship between community development, civil society, and strong democracy. In a globalized world, we ...

The High-Level Meeting on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information ...

When more than 1,000 civil society representatives flocked to Seville this week for a UN conference on development financing, their expectations were already low — but the four-day event left many ...

Scott Carlin is Associate Professor of Geography at Long Island University’s LIU Post campus, New York, United States of America. YuKang Choi is Founder and CEO, Dream Touch for All, Seoul, Republic ...