Dissertation Research: The Impact of Nongovernmental Organizations and State-Civil Society Relations on National Development

本文考察了非政府组织对经济发展的影响。计划进行的研究包括对1978年国际非政府组织在一个国家的规模对今后20年经济增长的影响进行跨国分析。这种影响预计会因政权类型而异：在更专制的国家，非政府组织可能更重要，因为它们弥补了脆弱的公民社会。体制发展的其他衡量标准也可能决定非政府组织的影响的大小：世界银行关于法律环境和地方行政能力的数据将作为影响非政府组织促进发展有效性的可能因素加以检验。将对世界银行发展专家进行调查，以评估国家-非政府组织关系的变化(例如，国家与非政府组织签订合同)；基于这些关系的国家-民间协同作用措施预计将与更高的经济增长和社会发展相关联。

This dissertation investigates the effects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on economic development. Among the studies planned are a cross-national analysis of the effects of the extent of international NGOs in a country in 1978 on economic growth over the next twenty years. This effect is expected to vary by regime type: NGOs may be more important in more authoritarian countries where they compensate for the weak civil society. Other measures of institutional development may also determine the size of the NGO effect: data from the World Bank on the legal environment and on local administrative capacities will be tested as possible factors moderating the effectiveness of NGOs in promoting development. A survey of World Bank development experts will be developed to assess the variation in state - NGO ties (e.g., state contracting with NGOs); measures of state-civil synergy based on these ties are expected to be associated with higher economic growth and social development.