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In the Netherlands an online market place was started for private initiatives in development: The 1% club. They use almost all web 2.0 tools thinkable. I believe in this instance many more 'official organisations' could learn a lot from them with regard to use of interactivity and open initiative.
They look a bit like Kiva, but the difference is that they are not an organisation. They rather match organisations with donors.
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