Essay About Significant Development Ngos And Poverty Alleviation

Findings and Recommendations for Ngos in Bangladesh
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FINDINGS
1 . Over 13,000 NGOs are registered in Bangladesh and of these
around 600 can be classified as significant development NGOs . Of
the 639 NGOs registered to receive foreign funds, 115 are
foreign-based and the balance indigenous . (A detailed analysis of
twenty five of the NGOs of most potential significance to the
Bank is provided in Appendix 1 .)
2 . The NGOs vary dramatically in size . The Grameen Bank (although
no longer a traditional NGO), is staffed by around 10,000
personnel and the Bangladesh Rural Advancement committee
(BRAG) over 5000 ; on the other hand, small and localized NGOs
are usually staffed with between 10 and 20 people .
3 . NGO operations cover virtually all the sectors (except
infrastructure) with operations predominantly focussing on
poverty alleviation, rural development, health and family
planning, education and emergency relief services .
4. NGOs have repeatedly demonstrated a capacity to involve
beneficiaries and to ensure positive and sustainable project
outcomes via the development of an institutional capacity among
the poor themselves . Because of their reputation for
effectiveness and innovation, NGOs have received increasing
levels of overseas grant funding . Currently, about US$1 50 million
is received annually of which eighty percent is channelled to the
2 5 to 30 largest NGOs . This financing is funding about 1,000
ongoing projects .
5. The size of most NGO projects financed by external funds falls
within the range of $50,000 to $2 .5 million . However, the large
NGOs undertake massive, multi-million dollar, development
programs (e.g . the Grameen Bank lends to over 1 .2 million
beneficiaries, BRAC manages non-formal education for over
200,000 people, and