Why pay NGOs to involve the community?
We examine the case for donors providing financial incentives to, i.e. subsidizing, NGOs to increase community participation. We show that the introduction of such a ‘participation subsidy’ may reduce beneficiary welfare. Thus, eliminating community participation from the set of conditions for fundi...
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| author | Burger, Ronelle Dasgupta, Indraneel Owens, Trudy |
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| description | We examine the case for donors providing financial incentives to, i.e. subsidizing, NGOs to increase community participation. We show that the introduction of such a ‘participation subsidy’ may reduce beneficiary welfare. Thus, eliminating community participation from the set of conditions for funding an NGO may in fact benefit target communities. We show how our theoretical analysis may be operationalized by applying it to data from the NGO sector in Uganda. Our empirical findings appear to reject the case for providing a participation subsidy in that context. |
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| spelling | nottingham-385512020-05-04T20:09:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38551/ Why pay NGOs to involve the community? Burger, Ronelle Dasgupta, Indraneel Owens, Trudy We examine the case for donors providing financial incentives to, i.e. subsidizing, NGOs to increase community participation. We show that the introduction of such a ‘participation subsidy’ may reduce beneficiary welfare. Thus, eliminating community participation from the set of conditions for funding an NGO may in fact benefit target communities. We show how our theoretical analysis may be operationalized by applying it to data from the NGO sector in Uganda. Our empirical findings appear to reject the case for providing a participation subsidy in that context. Wiley 2015-03 Article PeerReviewed Burger, Ronelle, Dasgupta, Indraneel and Owens, Trudy (2015) Why pay NGOs to involve the community? Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 86 (1). pp. 7-31. ISSN 1467-8292 Regulation of non-governmental organizations developing countries community participation Uganda http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apce.12065/abstract; doi:10.1111/apce.12065 doi:10.1111/apce.12065 |
| spellingShingle | Regulation of non-governmental organizations developing countries community participation Uganda Burger, Ronelle Dasgupta, Indraneel Owens, Trudy Why pay NGOs to involve the community? |
| title | Why pay NGOs to involve the community? |
| title_full | Why pay NGOs to involve the community? |
| title_fullStr | Why pay NGOs to involve the community? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why pay NGOs to involve the community? |
| title_short | Why pay NGOs to involve the community? |
| title_sort | why pay ngos to involve the community? |
| topic | Regulation of non-governmental organizations developing countries community participation Uganda |
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