Acknowledgements
Portions of this text are taken from the author’s contributions to two previous documents: ‘Donor Withdrawal and Local Civil Society in States in Transition: Workshop Report’ (an unpublished planning document) and Christopher L. Pallas ed., Workshop Proceedings: Impact of Aid Reduction on Local Civil Society in Conflict-Affected States (Washington, DC: US Institute of Peace, 2015).
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1 IFAL-Atlanta's mission is to “develop and strengthen the capacities of government authorities, private sector representatives and civil society leaders around the world”. See http://www.unitar.org/dcp/cifal-atlanta, accessed 1 April 2016.
2 Because the workshop was held under Chatham House Rule, the identities and organisations of the participants may not be disclosed.
3 As discussed below, one key strategy for mitigating the negative consequences of aid reduction is to encourage diversity of funding early.
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Christopher L. Pallas
CHRISTOPHER L. PALLAS holds a PhD from the London School of Economics. His research focuses on the economic factors shaping the behaviour of civil society. He is the author of Transnational Civil Society and the World Bank: Investigating Civil Society’s Potential to Democratize Global Governance (Palgrave, 2013)