Defining NGOs --- Thanks Jaime. It's also important to note that many states have their own definition of NGOs and that they are sometimes contradictory. This can mean that localisation work done in the context of a cross-border disaster can be particularly difficult, and the more so when the population across that border is the same people (for example, divided by colonial boundaries or some other man-made action).

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