摘要：In "Too Close for Comfort." Michael Edwards and David Hulme (1996) note that in recent years the level of official funding for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in development efforts has increased dramatically. This expanded funding forms an integral part of the neoliberal "New Policy Agenda" currently promoted by powerful donor agencies like the World Bank, USAID, and the British Overseas Development Administration (ODA). This agenda has the primary aims of (1) strengthening civil society for the purposes of achieving political pluralism and democratic forms of governance; and (2) achieving greater efficiency by subjecting social programs to market forces
