The number of internationally operating NGOs is estimated at 40,000. National numbers are even higher: Russia has 277,000 NGOs; India is estimated to have around 3.3 million NGOs.
International NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations)have a history dating back to at least 1839. It has been estimated that by 1914 there were 1083 NGOs.
The phenomenal growth of NGOs on the world scene has been aptly described as "a global associational revolution."7 The number of development-- oriented NGOs registered in countries of the industrialized North "grew from 1,600 in 1980 to 2,970 in 1993".8 It is also reported that "over the same period, the total spending of these NGOs rose from US$2.8 billion to US$5.7 billion in current prices . . . "9 By 1993 there were an estimated 28,900 international NGOs worldwide, with approximately 20,000 of these in Third World countries.
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