Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a prominent role in conflict-affected and fragile states. In the absence of … Society Assessment Tool (CSAT) in Angola, Guinea Bissau, and Togo. The pilots were carried out from January 2004 to February …

The Investment for Development Project conducted a survey of civil society's views on foreign direct investment in 7 … countries with a goal of identifying the factors encouraging or hindering FDI. The results showed that civil society is positive …

Interest in the concept of civil society has undergone a remarkable renaissance in the 1990s. It is currrently seen as … civil society mean ? Can civil society really be a counterweight to governments which have become too remote from their … people ? The Western concept of what constitutes civil society may well have to be adjusted when applied to developing …

Civil society and civil society organisations (CSOs) are important to development co-operation, both as implementing …) established a work stream on civil society to provide guidance on DAC member support for civil society and a strategy for engaging … with civil society. Under the work stream, a study on how DAC members work with CSOs was launched to identify areas of DAC …