ABSTRACT
To people's amazement, several senior and experienced International Organisations (IO) officials participating in this project did not know what happened in other organizations and often how they operated. At the projects author discussion workshop, there were also expressions of surprise, and occasionally dismay, as these officials talked about the problems they faced and the difficulties they met in trying to run an organization and deliver services. The common argument that all organizations, IOs included, have a tendency to seek a larger budget may not be able to explain the funding challenges. The general budget raised from assessments for nearly all IOs has been shrinking in real terms. All these challenges are presented by insiders of IOs as something they have to deal with in their daily lives. They nonetheless need to be taken into serious consideration when people try to understand the IO world.
