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Analyzing the spatio-temporal patterns of these activities holds crucial importance for optimizing organizational coordination and enhancing governmental oversight. This study focuses on the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of INGO activities in Myanmar from 2010 to 2021, utilizing spatial autocorrelation and regression analysis. The results show that the number of INGOs in Myanmar has shown a gradual slowdown in growth trends, with the number of activities exhibiting a wave-like pattern, primarily driven by spontaneous activities of INGOs. The spatial distribution of INGO activities in Myanmar is concentrated in the southern plains, with the core located in Yangon, Naypyitaw, and Loilen. Furthermore, there is significant spatial polarization in the hotspot area of INGO acticities. The hotspots followed an evolutionary path from \u201cSouth Myanmar\u201d to \u201cNorth Myanmar\u201d and then back to \u201cSouth Myanmar\u201d. INGO activities in Myanmar are more focused on the local economic level, urbanization level, medical level, education level, and total population size, providing the necessary support and services for the local society and making up for the \u201cgovernment malfunction\u201d and \u201cmarket malfunction\u201d.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijgi13040109","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,25]],"date-time":"2024-03-25T12:28:06Z","timestamp":1711369686000},"page":"109","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Spatio-Temporal Evolution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of INGO Activities in Myanmar"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-4508-3953","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sicong","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geoscience and Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China"}]},{"given":"Yinbao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geoscience and Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China"}]},{"given":"Jianzhong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geoscience and Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China"}]},{"given":"Xinjia","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geoscience and Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China"}]},{"given":"Xiaoshuang","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geoscience and Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"69","DOI":"10.1016\/0305-750X(87)90144-6","article-title":"Non-governmental development organizations: From development aid to development cooperation","volume":"15","author":"Padron","year":"1987","journal-title":"World Dev."},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"32","article-title":"The Influences of institutional change and public goods supply efficiency on the development of social organizations: Empirical evidence from the Chinese provincial panel data","volume":"33","author":"Zhengbo","year":"2019","journal-title":"East China Econ. 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