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This Insight provides a summary of current trends in support to civil society, synthesises emerging lessons from recent research and evaluations on civil society support, and highlights some implications for policy makers and civil society partners.

This co-authored paper examines the legal frameworks and political space for NGOs to operate in selected countries in order to suggest appropriate approaches for supporting civil society in difficult political contexts.

International development is being reconfigured. As the MDGs approach their end point, with debatable impact, it is not only the aspirations of development that are under review. The organisational forms and international partnerships through which development is delivered are changing.

This paper is a part of the Civil Society at a Crossroads initiative, a project supported by partners in several countries to explore issues confronting civil society globally

This paper provides critical reflection on the role the MDGs have played in redefining cultural, economic and spatial norms in developing countries.

The study was written as part of the 'Civil Society at a Crossroads?' initiative, within which the issue of how to analyse civil society in middle-income or "post-aid" countries was an important theme.

This Praxis Paper is based on the results of the Analytical Skills Training Programme (ASTP) conducted in Southern Kyrgyzstan from June 2011 to January 2012.