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The added value of NGO
18/10/2006 By Publicaciones ForoAOD
There is a great driving force in the approaches based on charity understood like the sentimental conviction and of values of which no human being must undergo poverty and that Samaritan action is needed immediately.
On the other hand, there is debate on the right to development in which poverty is perceived as a violation of the human, social and economic rights.
This approach demands a global system of rights redistribution and often it ends up becoming bureaucratic measures in the long term, justifications and actions to reform the institutions.
Where does one find "solidarity" in this contrast of the charity and rights?
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Aid effectiveness Civil society Development cooperation SpainRelated publications
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The FOROAOD has been designed as a democratic experiment to involve citizens, policy-makers and academics from North and South in a consultation process about the Spanish Development Cooperation.
