TY - JOUR
AU - Smith, Brian H.
AB - Voluntas, 6:1, 101-104 Brian H. Smith a Review of Julie Fisher, The Road from Rio: Sustainable Develop- ment and the Nongovernmental Movement in the Third World, Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, 1993. This book is a comprehensive survey of the types of non-profit organisations in Asia, Africa and Latin America that engage in the promotion of socio-economic development among the poor. The author describes it as an 'appreciative inquiry" and is very positive in her assessments of the contribution to development these non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are making. This is the first of ~wo volumes the author is writing. This volume, in the author's words, 'focuses on those NGOs with the greatest potential impact on sustainable development'. The second volume, to appear later, will 'focus on the relationship between NGOs and governments, their potential impact on political development, and their relationships with foreign donors' (p.xii). This first volume has many strengths. The author has read and digested a vast amount of published material from all over the world on NGOs in third-world development. The bibliography is 25 pages long, and this alone is worth the price of the book. She not only lists materials, but throughout the book gives the reader a 
TI - The road from rio: Sustainable development and the nongovernmental movement in the third world
JF - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
DO - 10.1007/BF02353978
DA - 1995-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/the-road-from-rio-sustainable-development-and-the-nongovernmental-MIL7jSE0B6
SP - 101
EP - 104
VL - 6
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -