Who survived? Ethiopia's regulatory crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs

Dupuy, Kendra; Ron, James; Prakash, Aseem

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“…In many cases, political opposition to particular INGOs has been motivated by their close association with their host government, governmental funders, or religious institutions (for an illustration of this line of attack see Goonatilake 2006). Processes of legitimation may also be instrumentalised by other political actors, who can use attacks on INGOs to support their own strategies of political mobilisation-in many recent examples INGOs have been discredited as part of a wider campaign to highlight threats emanating from the international arena (Dupuy et al 2015). These perceptions are, however, not readily generalizable across cases and have been shaped by the specific evolutionary path of civil society and state relations in any given context (see Walton with Saravanamuttu 2011).…”

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“…Corresponding with these global power shifts, there has been a well-documented backlash against INGOs in a wide variety of countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East (Brechenmacher and Carothers 2012;Tandon and Brown 2013;Dupuy et al 2015;van der Borgh and Terwindt 2012). Pressure from governments and political parties has been directed most forcefully at foreignfunded national and international NGOs engaged in advocacy activities, with governments restricting their access to overseas funding and curtailing those who engage in more politicised work (Daucé 2014).…”

Section: Exploring Contemporary Challenges To Ingo Legitimacy: the Inmentioning

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Understanding Contemporary Challenges to INGO Legitimacy: Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Perspectives

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In recent years, INGO legitimacy has been subject to growing scrutiny from analysts and practitioners alike. Critics have highlighted a backlash against INGOs in the Global South, a growing mismatch between INGO capacities and contemporary global challenges, and diminishing support for norms such as democracy and human rights that underpin INGOs' work. Although these problems have attracted significant attention within the academic literature, this article argues that existing explorations of INGO legitimacy have broadly conformed either to a top-down approach focused on global norms and institutions or a bottom-up approach focused on the local dynamics surrounding states and populations in the Global South. We suggest that this divide is unhelpful for understanding the current predicament and propose a new approach, which pays closer attention to the interaction between bottom-up and top-down dimensions, and to historical context. This new approach can provide important insights into current debates about the future roles and internal structures of INGOs.Résumé La légitimité des ONGI est de plus en plus remise en question par les analystes et praticiens. Les critiques ont fait la lumière sur les réactions hostiles que soulèvent les ONGI dans les pays du Sud, l'écart grandissant entre les capacités des ONGI et les défis mondiaux de l'heure et le respect de moins en moins grand des normes sous-jacentes au travail des ONGI, dont la démocratie et les droits de l'homme. Même si ces problèmes ont été largement traités dans la documentation spécialisée, cet article avance que les recherches existantes sur la légitimité des Resumen En años recientes, la legitimidad de las organizaciones no gubernamentales internacionales (INGO, por sus siglas en inglés) ha estado sujeta a un creciente escrutinio de analistas y profesionales. Los críticos han destacado una reacción violenta contra las INGO en el Hemisferio Sur, un creciente desequilibrio entre las capacidades de las INGO y los desafíos mundiales contemporáneos, y un apoyo decreciente de las normas, tales como la democracia y los derechos humanos que apoyan la labor de las INGO. Aunque estos problemas han atraído una importante atención dentro del material académico publicado, el presente artículo argumenta que las exploraciones existentes de la legitimidad de las INGO se han ajustado ampliamente a un enfoque de arriba a abajo centrado en las normas e instituciones mundiales o en un enfoque de abajo a arriba centrado en la dinámica social que rodea a los estados y poblaciones en el Hemisferio Sur. Sugerimos que esta división no ayuda a la comprensión del dilema actual y proponemos un nuevo enfoque, que presta una más estrecha atención a la interacción entre las dimensiones de abajo a arriba y de arriba a abajo, y al contexto histórico. Este nuevo enfoque puede proporcionar importantes perspectivas en los debates actuales sobre los futuros papeles y estructuras internas de las INGO. Voluntas (2016Voluntas ( ) 27:2764Voluntas ( -2786Voluntas ( 2765 123

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Section: Exploring Contemporary Challenges To Ingo Legitimacy: the Inmentioning

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“…Yet, as Young, Bania, and Bailey argue, increasing government regulation of nonprofits “carries the potential for undermining the sector's creativity, innovation, diversity, and independence of thought and action” (1996, 348). Indeed, civil society actors are watching with alarm as governments around the world are enacting laws that impose restrictions on the funding and activities of nonprofits (Dupuy, Ron, and Prakash ). It is plausible that, with this increased demand for nonprofit accountability and increased governmental scrutiny, nonprofit accountability clubs will evolve over time by incorporating more stringent monitoring and sanctioning mechanisms.…”

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Regulation by Reputation: Monitoring and Sanctioning in Nonprofit Accountability Clubs

Tremblay-Boire

Prakash

Gugerty

2016

Public Administration Review

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Nonprofits seek to enhance their reputation for responsible management by joining voluntary regulation mechanisms such as accountability clubs. Because external stakeholders cannot fully observe nonprofits' compliance with club obligations, clubs incorporate mechanisms to monitor compliance and impose sanctions. Yet including monitoring and sanctioning mechanisms increases the cost of club membership for nonprofits. What factors account for the variation in the strength of monitoring and sanctioning mechanisms in voluntary accountability clubs? An analysis of 224 clubs suggests that stringent monitoring and sanctioning mechanisms are more likely in fund-raising-focused clubs, clubs that offer certification (as opposed to only outlining a code of conduct), and clubs with greater longevity. The macro context in which clubs function also shapes their institutional design: clubs in OECD countries and clubs with global membership are less likely to incorporate monitoring and sanctioning mechanisms than clubs in non-OECD countries and single-country clubs, respectively. Practitioner Points• Th e greater role of nonprofi ts in policy has invited concerns about their managerial practices and accountability. • If stakeholders do not fi nd accountability clubs of the appropriate design, they can help in establishing ones that suit their preferences. • Stakeholders evaluating club design should recognize that high-cost clubs do not necessarily contribute to superior public policy if they attract too few participants. • Voluntary accountability clubs operate in the context of public law. If clubs fi ll governance gaps, the stringency of monitoring and sanctioning mechanisms will diff er across jurisdictions, depending on the levels of monitoring and sanctioning off ered by public law. • Stakeholders must evaluate the strength of accountability clubs while keeping in mind the quality of public law within which nonprofi ts function.

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“…While there has been a backlash against NGOs from governments around the world (Dupuy et al 2014), ACFID and its members have survived most, if not all, the negative effects of that backlash. The challenge of relations with government is the same the world over: 'to maintain or revive an independent, distinctive and critical stance in a situation where [there is] danger of incorporation, an absence of alternative popular spaces, and a marginalisation of dissent' (Miller et al 2013, p. 153).…”

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NGOs and Political Change: A History of the Australian Council for International Development

Kilby¹

2015

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Who survived? Ethiopia's regulatory crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs

Cited by 141 publications

References 66 publications

Understanding Contemporary Challenges to INGO Legitimacy: Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Perspectives

Understanding Contemporary Challenges to INGO Legitimacy: Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Perspectives

Regulation by Reputation: Monitoring and Sanctioning in Nonprofit Accountability Clubs

NGOs and Political Change: A History of the Australian Council for International Development

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