I. Doomsters and cornucopians -- II. Naming the rose: what is an NGO? -- III. Northern NGOs: the age of innocence -- IV. Southern NGOs -- V. The pink elephant: empowerment and the status of women -- VI. Disasters: some came running -- VII. Mixed messages: NGOs and the Northern public -- VIII. Management, memory and money -- IX. Dependence and independence in the contracting era -- X. Partners -- XI. Act globally: the rise of the transnational NGO -- XII. Democracy, participation and the rights stuff -- XIII. Future conditional
