OPS 9. NGOs in Cities

The work of NGOs in urben areas is demanding and increasing amount of attention from the development community. It would be presumptuous to say that this is, at this stage, sufficiently critical of informed but it is certainly desirable. A cursory reading of policy and programme documents from almost any official agency or northern NGO is sufficient to convince any doubters that city-based NGOs are, at the very least, regarded as legitimate channels of funding for urban development initiatives.