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Around the world, the way foreign aid works is coming under wider scrutiny. Criticisms of an increasingly privatized international aid “industry” include claims that many of its approaches are too top-down, inflexible and ineffective. [1]

Thailand’s longstanding business-as-usual approach to local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) will soon be a thing of the past. [2]

Figure 1. Norwegian aid to Myanmar by sector, 2011-2023. (Data source: Norad’s online aid statistics for Myanmar). [3]

DHAKA—Bangladesh will hold the first-ever employment skills fair in Cox’s Bazar district on May 4 following recent protests by host community youths demanding better access to jobs with the many non-government organizations providing relief to Rohing... [4]

RANGOON — Burma’s health ministry has deployed an emergency response team to Arakan State following the suspension of Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) operations there, but concerns are growing over a sudden gap in medical care for hundreds of thousand... [5]

DHAKA — Reported restrictions imposed by the NGO Affairs Bureau on the operations of 41 non-governmental organizations working in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh upsets aid workers as they fear their work will be hindered without reason. [6]

RANGOON — Local and international civil society organizations will request Burma’s Union Election Committee (UEC) this week to make a number of important changes to the draft rules for independent election monitoring during the general elections in l... [7]

RANGOON — As winter approaches in northern Burma’s Kachin State, some 27,500 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are without necessary assistance such as blankets and clothes, according to the United Nations. [8]

Sources
[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-07-28 · 75% match

In Myanmar, Doing Aid Better

Around the world, the way foreign aid works is coming under wider scrutiny. Criticisms of an increasingly privatized international aid “industry” include claims that many of its approaches are too top-down, inflexible and ineffective.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-05-12 · 75% match

Examining the Implications of Thailand’s New Draft Law on NGOs

Thailand’s longstanding business-as-usual approach to local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) will soon be a thing of the past.

[3] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-05-27 · 75% match

Missing the target: Norway’s aid to Myanmar after the military coup

Figure 1. Norwegian aid to Myanmar by sector, 2011-2023. (Data source: Norad’s online aid statistics for Myanmar).

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-04-19 · 75% match

Bangladesh Gov’t to Hold Jobs Fair for Cox’s Bazar Youth Following Protests

DHAKA—Bangladesh will hold the first-ever employment skills fair in Cox’s Bazar district on May 4 following recent protests by host community youths demanding better access to jobs with the many non-government organizations providing relief to Rohing

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-03-10 · 75% match

Burma Govt Sends Emergency Medics to Arakan After MSF Suspension

RANGOON — Burma’s health ministry has deployed an emergency response team to Arakan State following the suspension of Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) operations there, but concerns are growing over a sudden gap in medical care for hundreds of thousand

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-08-28 · 75% match

Restrictions on NGOs in Rohingya Camps Trouble Aid Workers

DHAKA — Reported restrictions imposed by the NGO Affairs Bureau on the operations of 41 non-governmental organizations working in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh upsets aid workers as they fear their work will be hindered without reason.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-01-14 · 75% match

NGOs Seek Key Changes to Election Monitoring Rules

RANGOON — Local and international civil society organizations will request Burma’s Union Election Committee (UEC) this week to make a number of important changes to the draft rules for independent election monitoring during the general elections in l

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-12-17 · 75% match

Govt Delays Aid Distribution in Northern Burma: UN

RANGOON — As winter approaches in northern Burma’s Kachin State, some 27,500 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are without necessary assistance such as blankets and clothes, according to the United Nations.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-03-20 · 75% match

Bangladesh Heightens Scrutiny of NGOs in Cox’s Bazar

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladeshi authorities are placing local and foreign aid workers in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar under added scrutiny to root out groups working without proper visas or promoting religion.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-03-22 · 75% match

NGO Helps Water-strapped Communities Help Themselves

In the summer, Myanmar’s rural areas face water shortages almost every year. Government assistance and private donations help ease the strain, but they aren’t enough.

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