Graduate School of International Studies Ajou University
Description
학위논문(석사)--아주대학교 국제대학원 :NGO학과,2019. 2
Alternative Abstract
There are tens of thousands of NGOs in Central Asia. The United Nations
acknowledge their importance because these organizations are capable of making a
significant contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set in 2015. Despite
this, NGOs are struggling for survival since they have no financial means to continue their
existence successfully. Financial resources offered by foreign countries and social contracts
with the governments of the states they operate in might seem to be a great solution to the
problem, but they make NGOs representative. To avoid representativeness and to become
sustainable financially, NGOs start carrying economic activities as the legal environment for
this is quite inclusive. Further thought shows that things like soft power of donor countries,
wicked ODA policies, and the Law on Foreign Agents make economic activities a matter of
great urgency. The research shows what the most pressing problems of NGOs are, what
forces make NGOs find alternative sources of financial means, and offers a solution based
on positive case studies. Three theories of international relations are used in the research to
picture the realities in which NGOs operate.
