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1、Wr,rldD~~elopmunr,Vol.25,No.7,pp.1127-l140.1997Pergamon01997ElsevierScienceLtdAllrightsreserved.PrintedinGreatBritainw0305-750x/97$17.00+0.00PII:SO305750X(97)00013-2ThePoliticalEconomyofNGOsandInformationSharingCARRIEA.MEYERGeorgeMasonUniversity,Fai$a
2、x,Virginia,U.S.A.Summary.-Toalargeextent,informationsharingiswhatnongovernmentalorganizations(NGOs)do,andthecostsofsharinginformationarefallingdramatically.Joiningpoliticsandeconomics,thispaperbuildsananalyticalframeworktoilluminatehowthesefallingcost
3、sareaffectinginformation-intensiveNGOsinLatinAmerica.Casestudiesdescribethevariousinformation-sharingoutputsandinputsofnonprofit,NGOproduction.IarguethattheparticipatoryactivityofNGOsaffectsbothpoliticalandeconomicrealms,andthatasthecostsofsharinginfo
4、rmationfall,NGOswillbeamorepowerfullinkinthechangingbalancebetweenstates.markets.andcivilsociety.01997ElsevierScienceLtdKeycord.y~LatinAmerica,nongovernmentalorganisations,participation,politicaleconomy,informationtechnology,civilsociety1.INTRODUCTIO
5、Nandcomputerconferencinginurbancenters,whilefaxesreachevenruralareas.ThecostsoftransmittinginformationhavefallenNewlyempoweredandconnectedNGOsaresharplyinthelastIO-15yearsandduringthesametakingalargerroleinworldpolitics(Mathews,period,nongovernmentalo
6、rganizations(NGOs)1997).RecentUnitedNationsconferencesonhaveexploded-particularlyintheSouth(Fisher,environment,population,andwomentestifytotheir1993).andnotleastinLatinAmerica(Bebbingtonincreasedpresenceandinvolvement(Spiro,1994;andThiele,1993).Reliab
7、leglobalfiguresontheWeissandGordenker,1996).AttheEarthSummitinexpansionoftheNC0sectorarenotavailable,butRiodeJaneiroinJune1992,9,000NGOssentoverpiecemealattemptsshowastonishingchange.Prin-20,000participantstoholdover1,000meetingsinatenandFinger(1994.p
8、.2)record79memberNGOsforumparalleltoofficialintergovernmentalmeetingsinanIndonesianenvironmentalforumin1980and(Fisher,1993,p.3).TheWorldBankhasreportedlyover500in1992;theNC0membershipofanincreasedprojectinvolvementofNGOsfromonlyAfricanNC0envir
