POLB90H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, Debt Relief
8 Dec 2015
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New strategies are used to cope with fall out of political opposition. Using ngos as intermediaries protests: nigeria: investment from shell oil company; lots of pollution and. 2009: if there were complaints about what the mining companies were doing in foreign countries, it would be brought before the council. Help and promote canadian mining companies to carry out their responsibilities. Civil society organizations (csos): all organizations and citizen activity that operates between the individual and the state. Non governmental organizations (ngos: non profit, services and humanitarian functions, provides services with the withdrawal of the state, many are international funded (ex. United nations development: many are funded by governments. Three important examples of social initiatives supported by the world bank. Main features: world bank funded, infrastructure, social services, and microfinance, stated as emergency measures, participation, do not help the extremely poor.
