“…We have used this article to evaluate alternative explanations for salary differentials in low-information environments. Practitioners and analysts generally acknowledge that in developing countries, INGOs pay salary premiums that disrupt local labour markets and sometimes lead governments to enact policy that limits organisational autonomy (Cailhol et al, 2013;DeMattee, 2019aDeMattee, , 2019bDeMattee, , 2020Huff-Rousselle & Pickering, 2001;Kuah-Pearce & Guiheux, 2014;Lemay-Hébert et al, 2020;Pfeiffer, 2003). While it may be true that INGOs' salaries disrupt local labour markets, a lack of reliable information limits our ability to understand why such salary differentials exist.…”