ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that NGOs run the risk of being co-opted by the new orthodoxy which is being promoted within the agenda of the ‘New World Order’. On the surface this appears to be the result of increased funding to NGOs from official donor agencies: ‘He who pays the piper plays the tune.’ While at one level this is true, we argue that the formal, linear, mainstream approach to development planning (which is part and parcel of donor funding) is more of a threat to the development aspirations of some NGOs and individuals within them, than a growing dependence on donor funds per se. Funding has been and always will be a problematic issue for NGOs and other agencies. It is the way these funds are negotiated, and who is accountable to whom, for what, at what time and by what process, that is important.
