Background information: optional readings to prepare for class 1 discussion

General information on NGOs
NGOs: Who Else Will Do the Work? Risto Karajkov, Florence, Italy, July 16, 2006 http://www.worldpress.org/print_article.cfm?article_id=2535&dont=yes 

INGO development NGOs and Global Policy-Making
http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/177/31611.html

The Changing Face of NGOs in Japan
http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/jpngo-face.html

What are NGOs?
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty/NGOs.asp#WhatareNGOs

What is a Non-Governmental Organization?
http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/p.willetts/CS-NTWKS/NGO-ART.HTM