ABSTRACT
The wide range of NGO–GO interactions noted in Chapter 8, and the fact that both the wider political context and the immediate NGO and GO institutional context in which they occur are dynamic, mean that future interactions will not be a simple extrapolation of those currently observed. We speculate that, first, although not as severely as in Africa or in Latin America, governments in Asia will continue to experience some financial stringency which will limit their capacity to deliver a full range of services to the rural poor. In some countries, this capacity will further be limited by corruption and inefficiency. The trend for donors to look to NGOs as democratizing influences on the state as a whole, and on its institutions, appears set to continue as, therefore, will funds for NGO-GO collaborative projects.
