GONGO

'GONGO' stands for Government-operated Non-governmental organization, which may have been set up by governments to look like NGOs in order to qualify for outside aid. Often, GONGOs are set up by undemocratic governments to create confusion when NGOs who seek to promote democracy in the country in question. Russia, for example, has set up supposedly independent NGOs to confuse voters during elections.

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★ Misinformation — An article in ''The Economist'' discussing a suspected GONGO, the International Council for Democratic Institutions and State Sovereignty

★ What is a GONGO? Moisés Naím, ''Foreign Policy''

★ The Role of NGOs in the Development of Democracy