Three Generations of NGO development Programme Strategies Characteristics Generation First Second Third Defining Features Relief and Welfare Small-scale, self-reliant local development Sustainable systems development Problem Definition Shortages of goods and services Local inertia Institutional and policy constraints Time Frame Immediate Project life Indefinate long-term Spatial Scope Individual or family Neighbourhood or village Region or nation Chief Actors NGO NGO + beneficiary organizations All public and private institutions that define the relevant system Development Education Starving Children Community self-help initiatives Failures in interdependent systems Management Orientation Logistics management Project management Strategic management Source: Korten, David, "Third Generation NGO Strategies: A Key to People-centered Development".Paper presented at the NGO Workshop organized at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, October 17-21, 1988. Return to the NGO Page Comments and suggestions: Hari Srinivas - hsrinivas@gdrc.org