Subject(s): Non-governmental organizations in Congresses. -- Economic assistance in Congresses. -- Developing countries in Economic policy in Congresses. -- NGOs, states and donors- overview and key issues: Donors, democratization and civil society, state, popular participation and voluntary sector, privatizing the voluntary sector- NGOs as public service contractors, states without citizen's- problem of franchise state, finding common ground in Asia- pacific development -- NGO- Donor relationships : Heavy hands, hidden hands, holding hands- donors, intermediary NGOs and civil society organizations, appeasing the gods of sustainability future of international NGOs in microfinance, world vision international and donors- too close for comfort, unequal dialogue with donors- experience of Sarvodaya Shramadana movement, world bank and NGOs in Sri Lanka -- NGO- state relationships- reluctant partners revisited : Associative phenomenon in Arab world- engine of democratization or witness to crisis, NGO- state relations in post Mao China, state- NGO relationship in Sri Lanka- rights, interests and accountability, NGOs and development in Brazil- roles and responsibilities in an new world order, adding value in NGO government relations in south east Asia -- NGOs, the poor and disadvantaged : Between co-option and irrelevance- Latin American NGOs in 1990s