This volume includes contributions from southern/eastern authors and other experts on Central America, Russia, Ethiopia, Armenia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Croatia, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The authors concentrate on aspects of an enabling environment for NGOs and the degree to which their government inhibits or promotes this. Some authors consider legislation and the legalistic side of things, others concentrate on civil society and the role of social movements as an accommodating force within societies where NGOs are at the forefront of the debate about governance.