legitimacy. It considers the experience of NGOs in three such contexts - Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Occupied Palestinian …This paper examines how national NGOs operating in conflict-affected or transitional regions generate and maintain … Territories (OPT). The paper argues that existing accounts of NGO legitimacy are unhelpful for understanding the dynamic and …

on Sri Lanka, and assesses the significant support from NGOs in increasing the capacity of local government and in …1. Introduction -- 2. NGOs and their potential in post-colonial societies -- 3. NGOs in Sri Lanka -- 4. Local … development, people's participation and local politics -- 5. Problems in local government and possible solutions: NGOs as a …