’Neither human resource management nor codes of practice have reached most Southern NGOs, which widely undervalue their field workers and make poor use of them. Here at last is academic research that displays the potential of this hidden resource to academics and NGO practitioners, and poses questions that need asking across the South.’ Janet G. Townsend, Reader in Geography, University of Durham, UK '...a unique effort...This is a pioneering piece of work, inviting more attention to a hitherto untouched aspect of research on the NGO sector.' Development Policy Review

• Contents: Introduction; Donors, the state, NGOs and their clients in Bangladesh; The study NGOs; The careers of field workers; Field workers’ personal lives; The professional lives of field workers; Interactions between field workers and their clients and superiors; Field worker views on NGO policies and on 'development'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

’Neither human resource management nor codes of practice have reached most Southern NGOs, which widely undervalue their field workers and make poor use of them. Here at last is academic research that displays the potential of this hidden resource to academics and NGO practitioners, and poses questions that need asking across the South.’ Janet G. Townsend, Reader in Geography, University of Durham, UK '...a unique effort...This is a pioneering piece of work, inviting more attention to a hitherto untouched aspect of research on the NGO sector.' Development Policy Review

• Contents: Introduction; Donors, the state, NGOs and their clients in Bangladesh; The study NGOs; The careers of field workers; Field workers’ personal lives; The professional lives of field workers; Interactions between field workers and their clients and superiors; Field worker views on NGO policies and on 'development'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

’Neither human resource management nor codes of practice have reached most Southern NGOs, which widely undervalue their field workers and make poor use of them. Here at last is academic research that displays the potential of this hidden resource to academics and NGO practitioners, and poses questions that need asking across the South.’ Janet G. Townsend, Reader in Geography, University of Durham, UK '...a unique effort...This is a pioneering piece of work, inviting more attention to a hitherto untouched aspect of research on the NGO sector.' Development Policy Review

• Contents: Introduction; Donors, the state, NGOs and their clients in Bangladesh; The study NGOs; The careers of field workers; Field workers’ personal lives; The professional lives of field workers; Interactions between field workers and their clients and superiors; Field worker views on NGO policies and on 'development'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.