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a new fund created by a coalition of NGOs recognized that civil society activists need another way to help others fighting for their rights

There are some truths that I have in the development from clear and is one of them, no matter what the problem is, stronger civil society is still part of the answer. Unfortunately, as my colleague, David Booth pointed out to me, I have ample evidence of this assertion, and in front of him, seems low (do not get angry when people insist on evidence?).

If we define development as living standards rise rapidly, some of the fastest growing country in recent decades (such as China and the Asian tigers) are authoritarian regimes with little independent civil society. If we define development as the provision of public goods like health and education, then a country like Cuba is doing very well despite dissent.

However, while growth in the last decade has been quite dramatic in many parts of the world, the benefits of growth have been unevenly distributed, with a growing inequality in general. Strengthening civil society, in my opinion, take political power sectors of society must defend their needs and rights.

other hand, if we allow a broader definition of development, which covers civil and political rights, not just "the MDGs style" improving health, education and income, then one of the central objective of development is to enable ("empowerment") to the poor to keep the powerful account. Certainly that civil society is at its best.

Therefore, it is good to see that a new coalition of international NGOs, including front-line defenders (with whom I worked in the past), CIVICUS, Freedom House and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, has what NGOs call the War Relief Fund. The objective of this fund is "to help civil society activists and resisting law enforcement pressure, allowing them to continue their work in defending the rights and freedoms of citizens."

Many people agree that direct aid to governments gradually replaced by the supporting government activities, including strengthening the necessary parts of an effective and democratic State, which are not centralized in the government.

a founding member of the coalition is the Freedom House, an NGO U. S. created 70 years ago to work at home and abroad on the incorporation of civil and political rights. The work you do is worthy of praise, and the classification of countries as "free," "partly free", "not free" is widely used. However, concerns were expressed about their strong alignment with the interests of American foreign policy. You do not have to be a bit naive not to realize that 80% of the funding of the organization comes from the U.S. government, and it is difficult to understand how these enemies of human rights, such as Otto Reich, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz were on the board in the past.

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