BOOK SUMMARY OF RELUCTANT PARTNERS COMING TOGETHER? INTERFACE BETWEEN PEOPLE,
GOVERNMENT AND NGOS
The papers in this volume,presented at two workshops - "Reluctant Partners
Coming Together", and"InterfaceBetween Government, NGOs and the People" -
jointly organised by the GTZ/SHF,Bangalore; Inter-Cooperation CSDCD, Hyderabad;
and Development SupportInitiative (NOVIB) and the ISEC, Bangalore, identify and
analyse the type ofinterface between government, NGOs and people, based on
evidence from nine NGOsfrom South India. Analysing the potential and problems in
establishinginstitutional framework, the contributors present experiences of
NGOs providingdetails of their organisation, objectives, developmental
activities, number ofvillages covered and the number of groups formed. They also
discuss thestrategies adopted in establishing interface and