GONGO stands for
GovernmentA government is the body within a community, political entity or organization which has the authority to make and enforce rules, laws and regulations.....
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Non-governmental organizationNon-governmental organization is a term that has become widely accepted as referring to a legally constituted, non-governmental organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government...
, which may have been set up by governments to look like NGOs in order to qualify for outside aid. Often, GONGOs are set up by undemocratic governments to create confusion when NGOs seek to promote democracy in the country in question.
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GONGO stands for
GovernmentA government is the body within a community, political entity or organization which has the authority to make and enforce rules, laws and regulations.....
-operated
Non-governmental organizationNon-governmental organization is a term that has become widely accepted as referring to a legally constituted, non-governmental organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government...
, which may have been set up by governments to look like NGOs in order to qualify for outside aid. Often, GONGOs are set up by undemocratic governments to create confusion when NGOs seek to promote democracy in the country in question.
External links
- Misinformation — An article in The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in an office in the City of Westminster, London. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843. While The Economist calls itself a...
discussing a suspected GONGO, the International Council for Democratic Institutions and State Sovereignty