Do NGOs accomplish more good than not?

  In general, I believe NGOs do accomplish more good than not. The reason I believe this is that, NGOs, whether or not they are really psychically making a difference, with women rights, child mortality, poverty, or disease prevention, are sending out a message and making people more aware of an issue. As Boli and Thomas say, INGOs "seek, in a general sense, to spread 'progress' throughout the world: to encourage safer and more efficient technical systems, more powerful knowledge structures, better care of the body, friendly competition and fair play" (227). NGOs also play a huge part in politics. Many times they actually are the enforcers and deliver more assistance than many political systems, like the UN and National Governments. One reason I believe may be the cause of this, is that politicians tend to debate and debate and have problems making decisions. Whereas a NGO, that is specified towards a specific goal, has less difficult with decision-making and is more capable of taking action. Jessica Matthews is a big supporter of NGOs, and she brings up strong points as to why NGOs are making a good impact on society.  The power of the nation-state is decreasing as groups like NGOs are better capable of responding faster to problems.  Even if an NGO does not have the funding to make a difference, they are bringing about awareness to an issue that otherwise may not have been addressed. I believe that NGOs, in most cases, do make a good difference and an important factor of how global politics is being run.