ABSTRACT

Simultaneously, a discontinuity has emerged in how states view NGDOs. The benign acceptance of their merits is giving way to critical scrutiny. One reason for this shift is that NGDO-donor relations are now caught up in government reactions against terrorism, insecurity and instability. Aid is becoming part and parcel of a comprehensive security strategy for a donor’s own country (Beall, Goodfellow and Putzel 2006). Significant growth in amounts committed at the G8 summit in Gleneagles in 2005 is premised on ODA acting as a preventive investment in and beyond failed or fragile developing states. The full impact of this shift on NGDO relations with donors remains to be seen. But given concerns about CSOs as channels for terrorist financing, the mutual trust required for authentic partnership is less forthcoming.