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There is already much literature on the significance of NGOs in the development process. However, there has been little discussion on why the NGOs take on different forms in different countries. This volume examines the state-NGO relationships in fifteen countries. It is not, however, a pot-pourri of country reports. All the contributors use the same analytical framework and focus on the key concept of "economic and political space" for NGOs. Readers will find that the analysis of the various

Thai natural rubber underwent a rapid improvement in quality during the first half of the 1980s which prepared the way for the rapid increase in exports that followed. This improvement in quality was achieved when a system for the transmission of organizational information was introduced into institutions of transaction which depended on the market. The author explains how this change in the institutions of transaction came about. (DÜI-Sen)

Having discussed traditional co-operative activities in Thai villages (especially in the village of Ban Thon in Khon Kaen province), the author examines the recent changes in the village community and in co-operative activities, the traditional character and functions of the village community and the impact of the market economy on the system of co-operation in Thai village society. (DÜI-Sen)