Improvement in the Development Industry

Over the past 50 years the development industry has really expanded, new NGOs are still being created today focusing on all different issues in the world; poverty, child labor, civil rights, human rights etc. It seems as though at some point the development industry will become so large that parts of the industry will actually be ineffective.
Due to the lack of coordination between different development agencies, it is very possible for there to be an overlapping of projects and efforts in various regions. For example, two development organizations could both be planning to raise money to build a school in the same village and within coordination between the two organizations one of these projects could go to waste.
As the development industry continues to expand, the need for more communication and coordination among organizations will increase. Maybe an organization whose sole focus is to oversee all development is necessary, or an established network among development organizations, because it really does not make sense to be wasting money in development projects which overlap and are ineffective. This greater communication between organizations would also help to develop a better understanding of what really works in development. Instead of just measuring success on amount of money raised, or amount of children sent to school, success can be measured on the long-term effect of these efforts.
An example of the need for more coordination efforts and guidance in development was the aftermath of the Sudanese civil war. Aid agencies flocked to southern Sudan to try and help rebuild the nation. The lack of coordination and advanced planning led to an abundance of aid without a long term plan of development. In order for long term success to occur in developing nations, international agencies must have long term goals in mind, and must share these long term goals with one another in order for development to actually prove beneficial.