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Income generation in NGOs and the contributionof appropriate technology
In order to reduce their financial dependence on external donors, many NGOs have embarked on running their own income-generating programmes (IGPs), the profits of which help to run their care programmes. This article describes how and why many such IGPs fail to make a profit. It alsotries to identify what NGO managers can do strategically, and in the application of appropriate technology, to be more successful in income generation, drawing on examples from Sri Lanka.
In order to reduce their financial dependence on external donors, many NGOs have embarked on running their own income-generating programmes (IGPs), the profits of which help to run their care programmes. This article describes how and why many such IGPs fail to make a profit. It also
tries to identify what NGO managers can do strategically, and in the application of appropriate technology, to be more successful in income generation, drawing on examples from Sri Lanka.
tries to identify what NGO managers can do strategically, and in the application of appropriate technology, to be more successful in income generation, drawing on examples from Sri Lanka.
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