Development and advocacy / Maria Teresa Diokno-Pascual -- NGOs and advoacy: how well are the poor represented? / Warren Nyamugasira -- The international anti-debt campaign: a Southern activist view for activists in 'the North' ... and 'the South' / Dot Keet -- Human rights and the religious backlash: the experience of a Bangladeshi NGO / Mohammad Rafi and A.M.R. Chowdhury -- Disaster without memory: Oxfam's drought programme in Zambia / K. Pushpanath -- Campaigning: a fashion or the best way to change the global agenda? / Gerd Leipold -- Northern NGO advocacy: perceptions, reality, and the challenge / Ian Anderson -- 'Does the doormat influence the boot?' Critical thoughts on UK NGOs and international advocacy / Michael Edwards -- The effectiveness of NGO campaigning: lessons from practice / Jennifer Chapman and Thomas Fisher -- Heroism and ambiguity: NGO advocacy in international policy / Paul Nelson -- Northern words, Southern readings -- Carmen Marcuello and Chaime Marcuello -- Menchú Tu, Stoll, and martyrs of solidarity / Larry Reid -- The People's Communication Charter / Cees J. Hamelink.