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Explores the need for partnerships or pluralist approaches between state & civic organizations, particularly nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) & grassroots organizations (GROs), in improving the access of the poor & disadvantaged to basic social & economic services. New Public Management (NPM) & good governance strategies encourage increased use of nonstate agencies in delivering public goods & services. New relationships between the state & market & civic sectors are a contested mix, with the proliferation of third-sector organizations requiring more state oversight & support. Service delivery for aid donors bypasses governments & may, therefore, weaken state capacity, responsibility, & public accountability. Civic organizations may effectively provide advocacy, thereby improving the quality of services to millions, but should not be dictated by the preferences & imperatives of Northern models. The need for Southern governmental responsibility, social audits, & donor awareness of the dangers of NPM concepts weakening the developmental capacities of developing countries is emphasized. 1 Table, 3 Figures, 51 References. L. A. Hoffman

"This title was first published in 2002.Bringing together an inspiring mix of US and African contributors, this book explores the dynamics of the unfolding globalized economic, political, socio-cultural and environmental systems. Featuring incisive international commentary on the causes and consequences of poverty in the Third World it presents a powerful study of the strategies by which Third World governments and civil society can overcome poverty by insinuating themselves more creatively into the global order. The result is one of the defining works so far produced on the tensions between globalization and development."--Provided by publisher.

Singapore Economic Review, October 1992. ; Refereed Journal Article ; This paper examines whether small developing countries have a particular unique set of characteristics (other than size per se) that tends to set them apart from developing countries as a whole? The main findings are that smallness appears to be a constraint on growth in two regards-momentum and the effectiveness of government expenditures. Small countries can be defined as those states not capable of sustaining momentum from one time period to another and/or those countries not capable of stimulating economic growth through cutting defense expenditures.

This study attempts to determine the factors that affect a Third World country's role in the international division of labor, as measured by the degree of processing of its exports in 1980. Competing hypotheses arising from the classical and neoclassical economic, neo-Marxist, and modernization literatures are tested by using a cross-sectional design in which the units of analysis are Third World states for which comprehensive data could be collected. The findings suggest that a number of states have ascended the hierarchy of the international division of labor through a process of indebted industrialization. The present study provides empirical support for Frieden's (1981) contention that international banking capital (rather than direct transnational investment) has been relied upon by proactive Third World states in their effort to diversify their exports by developing more advanced production processes.