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quan·go Q0013700 (kwăng′gō)n. pl. quan·gos An organization or agency that is financed by a government but that acts independently of it.
[qua(si) n(on-)g(overnmental) o(rganization).]quango (ˈkwæŋɡəʊ) n, pl -gos (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a semipublic government-financed administrative body whose members are appointed by the government[C20: qu(asi-)a(utonomous) n(on)g(overnmental) o(rganization)]quangoQuasi-autonomous non-governmental organization, an organization or agency that receives funding from a government but is able to act independently.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | quango - a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the governmentquasi-NGOorganization, organisation - a group of people who work together |
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quango a semipublic government-financed administrative body whose members are appointed by the government quangoenUK
quango (kwang'gō), A committee wholly or partially supported by government funds in which some members are appointed by government and others by nongovernmental agencies or organizations; the committee functions as a nongovernmental organization rather than as an arm of government. System used primarily in U.K. [quasi-non-governmental organization] quango A type of non-governmental, “arm’s-length” organisation, devised in 1967 by the Carnegie Foundation’s Alan Pifer in an essay on independence and accountability in public-funded bodies incorporated in the private sector. Such organisations would perform governmental functions at a distance—at a so-called “arm’s length”, i.e., without stringent oversight by Whitehall and central government.LegalSeeNon-Departmental Public BodyquangoenUK
QuangoQuasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organization. An organization, which itself is not part of the government, to which the government has given a large degree of power, as a regulator or in another capacity. A prominent example is the Water Services Regulation Authority, which regulates sewage in the UK, among other things. However, it is not part of the government. The term is most common in the British Isles.quango (quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization) an executive body which is responsible for overseeing a designated area of public sector activities and spending.QUANGO
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Synonyms for quangonoun a quasi nongovernmental organizationSynonymsRelated Words |