ROLE OF NGOS – IMPACT ON NATIONAL SECURITY OF BANGLADESH

Authors

  • Brigadier General Md Emadul Haque, ndc, psc NDC

Keywords:

NGOS, BANGLADESH

Abstract

Bangladesh is faced with rampant poverty, high population density, recurring
natural disaster and a dwindling natural resource base. The government alone
cannot operate in all the development work. As a complimentary force to the
state sector, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) had been playing a
significant role in uplifting the socio-economic condition of the country over the
past three decades. NGOs have concentrated their efforts in diversified areas
and played a positive role in mobilizing and organizing the poor, alleviating
poverty, empowering women, conducting formal informal literacy programme
as well as primary education, health care, family planning, creating employment
opportunities and income generating activities, disbursement of loan, relief
and rehabilitation, post-disaster management, afforestation, etc. The NGO’s
significant role itself depicts the importance of NGOs in the socio-economic
development of Bangladesh.
But some of the NGOs are found involved in some of the controversial issues
like involvement in politics, commercial activities, corruption and they lack in financial transparency and accountability. These alleged controversial issues
often obscure their contribution and pose threat to the national security of the
country. A secondary research has been carried out to take an account of the
impact of these alleged controversial issues on national security of Bangladesh.
The paper found out that some controversial activities of some of the NGOs
are directly or indirectly affecting the non-traditional security of Bangladesh
and a set of actions are necessary to maximize the contributions of the NGOs
in the overall development of the country and make them accountable to the
government and beneficiaries. An autonomous NGO Commission should be set
up to monitor the entire NGO sector and at the same time NGOs are to be ensured
to spend most of their fund in the visible development works.

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Published

2011-06-30

How to Cite

Brigadier General Md Emadul Haque, ndc, psc. (2011). ROLE OF NGOS – IMPACT ON NATIONAL SECURITY OF BANGLADESH. NDC E-JOURNAL, 10(1), 50-70. Retrieved from https://ndcjournal.ndc.gov.bd/ndcj/index.php/ndcj/article/view/75

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