Urban grassroots nongovernmental organizations in Bombay: a suggested typology

The authors make use of a data set, collected by one of them, on characteri stics of nongovernment organizations (NGOs) in Bombay, to develop a data-ba sed typology for urban NGOs. Application of statistical classification tech niques points to three main dimensions of variation in the features of urba n NGOs, which are interpreted as reflecting scale, scope, and stance toward s local involvement and funding sources. These factors are used to interpre t a clustering of Bombay NGOs into four relatively homogeneous groupings. I n the arising typology the sector is divided into three types of service-de livery NGO, which are distinguished mainly by scale of operation and fundin g source, and a fourth group of NGOs which are involved more in policy advo cacy.