In today’s global world, there are many intergovernmental organizations (IGO) upholding political, economic, and social agreements (IGOs/Beyond Intractability) among them. In addition, there are many nongovernmental organizations NGO (NGOs with UNESCO Relations/Berkley NGO Listing) addressing topics and issues that governmental agencies cannot address or cannot afford to address.
Despite the number of NGOs and IGOs, political conflicts continue escalating in various regions of the world, economic disparity continues to grow, and social issues such as exploitation of children, human trafficking, hunger, and injustice is overshadowing any organization’s will to eradicate them.
In many cases, NGOs and IGOs must face economic reality, who should be burden with their expense and who should benefit from actions. For example, when Libyan people fighting each other to liberate their country from tyranny, US used over 100 missiles each at the cost of 1 million in addition to fuel costs, deployment costs, and other support services which tallies well over 250 million dollars in a 48 hour period. While American taxpayers undertake the cost, Libyans benefit from the action. In addition, as NATO took over the responsibility of defending Libyan people, the member states must support the actions financially, sacrificing their soldiers, and pay for all activities associated with it. However, NATO members may actually bring about a government which may be more hostile in attitude, more terroristic in action, and more belligerent in its attitude in dealing with its own people and the global citizens.
As we move towards globalizations we must find a way to equalize the benefits and costs for all nations. The question is how we go about paying for IGOs and NGOs to address the equity in burden and benefits emanating from their actions. 
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