"International NGOs and Poverty Reduction Strategies"

"International NGOs and Poverty Reduction Strategies: The Contribution of an Asset-based Approach" is a paper by Pamela Sparr and Caroline Moser published in 2007 by The Brookings Institution. The scoping study has two principle objectives. It provides a summary of current poverty reduction strategies of US and UK-based international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) witha special emphasis on the underlying frameworks that form the basis of their development interventions. Secondly, the study identifiies the applicability of an asset accumulation framework to prevailing programmatic and advocacy strategies for poverty reduction employed by INGOs.