Are NGOs up to the reputation challenge?
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January 2017
Even as agents of change, attention must be focused on effective reputation management
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10 million! That is the estimated number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) worldwide (source: The Global Journal). Imagine: as a country, they would form the fifth largest economy in the world. In Europe, 147,000 registered public-benefit foundations deliver combined annual expenditures of nearly 60 billion euro.