It underlined the need for a new partnership between the North and the South, promotion of a democratic culture and good governance, making the prevailing development strategy more inclusive and participatory. I believe, NGHO as a concept envisages that all environment endeavours should be people-centered, and it should empower people, ensure participatory development and protects the vulnerable. In recent years, global community witnessed major changes in economy, society and polity. First, Globalization has become a process to reckon with. But, its wide impact over economies at different stages of development and societies are failing most countries to reap the expected benefits adequately.
Poverty continues to stalk over a vast part of the world among and within countries.
Bretton Woods Institutions have launched some initiatives to address these asymmetries. HIPC is one of those. But, these attempts appear piecemeal and seem inconclusive. Second, we all hoped that with the end of the Cold War, global peace could be achieved. That has seemingly been replaced by an array of intra-state conflicts, particularly in the latter half of the 1990s.