Fourth High Level Forum on Aid and Development Effectiveness

Indian Gov’t on Collision Course With Civil Society

By Ranjit Devraj
For years India’s pro-liberalisation, Congress party-led coalition government chafed at civil society groups getting in the way of grand plans to boost growth through the setting up of mega nuclear power parks, opening up the vast mineral-rich tribal lands to foreign investment and selling off public assets.

Civil Society Under Attack Around the World

By Mandeep S.Tiwana
In December 2011, 159 governments and major international organisations recognised the central role of civil society in development and promised to create an “enabling” operating environment for the non-profit sector.


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