The governance of non-governmental organizations in Uganda

Barr, Abigail; Fafchamps, Marcel; Owens, Trudy

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.09.010

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“…For example, Barr, Fafchamps, and Owens reported that in Uganda "The activities of surveyed NGOs and the methods they use to spread their messages (workshops, open air speeches, and door-to-door visits) appear similar to the traditional charitable works performed by churches. However, there is very little evidence to suggest that the surveyed NGOs are, in fact, 'churches in disguise': only 30% of surveyed NGOs are faith based, and the content of their messages is highly varied" ( [59], p. 664).…”

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Faith-Based International Development Work: A Review

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Cnaan

2016

Religions

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Abstract:In the wake of the Faith-Based Initiative in the USA, substantial research has resulted in an increased awareness of religious congregations and faith-based organizations as welfare service providers. The next frontier appears to be the role of religious organizations in international social and economic development, a topic that only recently started to attract academic interest. In this paper, we review available literature on the role that religious, or faith-based, organizations play in international social and economic development. We also provide results from our own study of USA international NGOs 1 that are faith-based. We divide the paper into the positive contributions of faith-based international NGOs and the drawbacks of these NGOs. We find that faith-based nonprofits constitute almost 60 percent of USA-based international development organizations, and their contribution to international social development is quite considerable. We conclude with a call for further research and nuanced understanding of the role religion plays in international development.

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Faith-Based International Development Work: A Review

Heist

Cnaan

2016

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“…NGOs from the rural districts were sampled randomly with district sample sizes determined by proportionate allocation. Some findings from the survey, along with its detailed sampling methodology, are reported by Barr, Fafchamps and Owens (2005). However, the objectives of their analysis were very different.…”

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A Model of Nongovernmental Organization Regulation with an Application to Uganda

Burger

Dasgupta

Owens

2015

Economic Development and Cultural Change

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“…As a characteristic of this setting, literature has suggested that donors occupy the central role in influencing NGO behavior as compared to the other stakeholder groups (Barr et al, 2005). In an NGO market where the costs of bridging information gaps are high, NGOs will gravitate toward their donors or potential donors, often at the expense of other groups (Flack & Ryan, 2005;Prakash & Gugerty, 2010).…”

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“…These risks lead to incentive structures that are impossible to overcome without widespread coordination-it would be futile in this environment for any individual NGO to try to bridge such information gaps. Thus, NGOs have strong incentives to gravitate toward their most cost-effective option and choose to be accountable to their donors more than to their other stakeholders, including even their own beneficiaries (Kilby, 2004;Barr et al, 2005;Ben-Ner, 1994). …”

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Do Aid Donors Plant the Grassroots? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in the US and Uganda

Walker¹

2015

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Recent literature dealing with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) claims that NGOs have little incentive to base their decisions and strategies on local needs and instead are governed largely by their current and prospective donors (McGann & Johnstone, 2006;Prakash & Gugerty, 2010;Bollen et al., 2005). To test this claim, I have created a quantitative experiment in the US and Uganda in which organizations were randomly assigned to a control group or one of four treatment groups based on the main stakeholders of the NGO market-donors, local government officials, project beneficiaries, and NGO peers. In each group, organizations were invited to take a survey and were told that the results of their survey would be published to one of these four stakeholder groups. Thus, differences in response rates between groups are attributed to differences in the degree of concern that NGOs felt about the opinions of a given stakeholder. I hypothesized that NGOs care more about the opinions of their donors than other stakeholder groups and found support for this hypothesis among NGOs in the US.

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The governance of non-governmental organizations in Uganda

Cited by 132 publications

References 16 publications

Faith-Based International Development Work: A Review

Faith-Based International Development Work: A Review

A Model of Nongovernmental Organization Regulation with an Application to Uganda

Do Aid Donors Plant the Grassroots? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in the US and Uganda

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