From: Where are the NGOs and why? The distribution of health and development NGOs in Bolivia
Wave | Approximate era | Defining characteristics |
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1st | WWII to late 1960s | • Small number of large, well established NGOs |
• Primarily involved in emergency and conflict relief | ||
• Religious and missionary affiliations commonplace | ||
2nd | Early 1970s to early 1980s | • Role expanded beyond emergency and conflict relief |
• Community level work employing participatory approaches commonplace | ||
3rd | Mid/early 1980s to late 1990s | • Rapid proliferation of NGOs around the globe linked to changing political and economic ideologies of the time |
• Significant increase in funding for NGO related projects | ||
• NGOs were considered development alternatives and become the ‘favoured child’ of development agencies | ||
4th | Early 2000s- current | • NGO activity shaped by poverty reductions agendas and Millennium Development Goals |
• Funders increasingly channelling aid to and through NGOs | ||
 |  | • Increase in bilateral aid and global health initiatives (i.e.Global Fund, PEPFAR) |