Abstract
Motivated by recent writings on the NGO sector by others, this note seeks to make some observations about how to categorize the role of NGOs within the economic domain of Bangladesh. The presence of NGOs is large and ubiquitous in Bangladesh. They provide 65% of the rural credit and 97% of secondary level rural education. Other areas in which individual and community services are provided are health and family planning, water supply, skills training, and tree plantation (Gauri and Fruttero, 2003). They represent one of the three key players in the economy – the public sector, the private sector, and NGOs.