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... is due to their clearly planned strategies, great technical expertise and adequate funding to the task. In addition, the Ngo agenda is neither confined to economic nor to political issues. Some of the major accomplishments of NGOs are: the 1997 campaign to outlaw landmines, where hundreds of NGOs, with the support of Canadian Government, pushed through a ban in a year, Nestle has been targeted for selling powdered baby milk in poor countries, Nike for poor labor conditions in its overseas factories, Monsanto for genetically modifies food. Despite the fact that globalization has created ground for the rise of NGOs to protect environment, labor rights, consumer rights, human rights and so on, it also facilitated information sharing and building solidarity among NGOs through technological progress. Internet allows cooperation and formation of new groups in rich and poor countries. With the increased power of NGOs in the globalized world, national governments ...
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