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As ONG's são agências privadas sem fms lucrativos que fmanciam e/ou executam
programas de ajuda ao desenvolvimento nos PVD's e de educação para o desenvolvimento
nos países desenvolvidos. Constituem um grupo de organizações bastante heterogéneo,
podendo as suas actividades cingir-se apenas a um único sector, ou abranger vários sectores.
No caso das ONG's internacionais, o seu âmbito de actuação pode ser mais do que um país,
uni ou vários continentes. Surgiram na Europa Ocidental no séc. XIX, mas rapidamente se
expandiram para outros continentes, tendo chegado a África no início dos anos 60. Com o
emergir do Novo Paradigma de Desenvolvimento (NPD), as ONG's viram criadas condições
para a expansão das suas actividades, cuja eficácia lhes valeu uma inquestionável
credibilidade junto dos doadores, apesar das críticas de alguns observadores e estudiosos da
matéria.
O presente trabalho visa analisar o papel das ONG's que actuam na Guiné-Bissau no
processo de desenvolvimento deste país. A análise empírica levada a cabo permitiu-nos
concluir que as ONG's são actores de desenvolvimento que trabalham directamente com a
camada mais desfavorecida da sociedade, nas áreas passíveis de diminuir a pobreza (saúde,
educação e género), privilegiando a participação da população alvo no ciclo dos projectos.
As suas actividades são financiadas principalmente pelas ONG's do Norte, Estados de países
nórdicos e instituições multilaterais. Quase não beneficiam da ajuda financeira do Estado
guineense, sendo escassos os projectos co-financiados por este.
As dificuldades que as ONG's guineenses enfrentam parecem estar relacionadas com a
ausência de um clima propício para o desenvolvimento das suas acções e com as pressões
que os doadores exercem sobre elas, acabando por subordinar os seus objectivos aos destes.
Como consequência, os projectos implementados por elas acabam por não se reflectir na
melhoria dos indicadores sócio- económicos do país.
The NGOs are non-profit private agencies that finance and/or execute programmes aimed at the promotion of socio-economic development of developing countries. They constitute a heterogeneous group of organizations, whose activities can be focused either on only one sector or on several sectors. In what concerns the international NGOs, these were created during the 19th century in Western Europe. Rapidly, they spread their activities throughout the world, having found Africa in the beginning of the 60's. The new development paradigm created the conditions needed for the expansion of NGOs activities, whose effectiveness contributed to increase their credibility amongst the donators, despite the criticism of some observers. This work aims to analyse the role played by NGOs in the process of development of Guinea-Bissau. The empirical analysis carried out allows to conclude that NGOs, in that country, work directly on areas which are considered as being essential to diminish poverty (health, education and gender), giving privilege to the participation of the target population throughout the projects. The NGOs worlcing in Guinea-Bissau are furanced mainly by similar institutions based in the richest countries, e.g. the Nordic countries, as well as by multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank. There is evidence showing that the NGOs almost do not benefit from the financial aid of the govemment of Guinea-Bissau. The difficulties faced by the Guinea-Bissau's NGOs seem to be related with, on the one hand, the absence of an adequate environment for the development of their activities and, on the other hand, with the pressures that donators exert. Frequently, the proposed objectives reflect the donator's interests, rather then the purposes of the NG0s. As a consequence, the projects that NGOs implement are not refiected on the improvement of the country's socioeconomic indicators.
The NGOs are non-profit private agencies that finance and/or execute programmes aimed at the promotion of socio-economic development of developing countries. They constitute a heterogeneous group of organizations, whose activities can be focused either on only one sector or on several sectors. In what concerns the international NGOs, these were created during the 19th century in Western Europe. Rapidly, they spread their activities throughout the world, having found Africa in the beginning of the 60's. The new development paradigm created the conditions needed for the expansion of NGOs activities, whose effectiveness contributed to increase their credibility amongst the donators, despite the criticism of some observers. This work aims to analyse the role played by NGOs in the process of development of Guinea-Bissau. The empirical analysis carried out allows to conclude that NGOs, in that country, work directly on areas which are considered as being essential to diminish poverty (health, education and gender), giving privilege to the participation of the target population throughout the projects. The NGOs worlcing in Guinea-Bissau are furanced mainly by similar institutions based in the richest countries, e.g. the Nordic countries, as well as by multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank. There is evidence showing that the NGOs almost do not benefit from the financial aid of the govemment of Guinea-Bissau. The difficulties faced by the Guinea-Bissau's NGOs seem to be related with, on the one hand, the absence of an adequate environment for the development of their activities and, on the other hand, with the pressures that donators exert. Frequently, the proposed objectives reflect the donator's interests, rather then the purposes of the NG0s. As a consequence, the projects that NGOs implement are not refiected on the improvement of the country's socioeconomic indicators.
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Mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Cooperação Internacional
Keywords
Organizações Não Governamentais Desenvolvimento Participativo Economia do Desenvolvimento empowerment Guiné-Bissau População alvo Nongovemmental Organizations Participating Development Econornic Development International Cooperation Guinea-Bissau.
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Citation
Mendes, Paulina (2002). “O papel das organizações não governamentais no desenvolvimento demográfico e sócio-económico da Guiné-Bissau”. Dissertação de Mestrado. Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
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Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão