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Introduction: NGOs between states, markets, and civil society / Jude L. Fernando and Alan W. Heston -- NGOs' self-defeating quest for autonomy / Bishwapriya Sanyal -- NGOs, donors, and the state in Bangladesh / David J. Lewis -- NGOs and civil society: (un)stated contradictions / Shelley Feldman -- The development gift: the problem of reciprocity in the NGO world / R.L. Stirrat and Heiko Henkel -- Religion and social change at the grass roots in Latin America / J. Samuel Escobar -- Wealth equals wisdom? The Rockefeller and Ford Foundations in India / Leonard A. Gordon -- Reinventing NGOs and rethinking alternatives in the Andes / Anthony J. Bebbington / Women, empowerment, and economic development / Rekha Mehra -- Nongovernmental organizations, micro-credit, and empowerment of women / Jude L. Fernando -- The trust factor in participation and social education / Pritha Gopalan -- Nongovernmental organizations and development / Paul Streeten.