Dangerous Correlations: Aid’s Impact on NGOs’ Performance and Ability to Mobilize Members in Pakistan

Bano, Masooda

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.11.001

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“…Further, many of the government officials at district level were critical of ITA activities; they argued that ITA forced them to engage in activities by using their connections among senior government officials or among donor agencies. In 2016, ITA was still working on similar kinds of project, but in different locations than were covered in 2008, and its operating principles were unchanged; reliant on donor funds to implement large projects, as in the case of most NGOs in Pakistan (Bano 2008b), its focus changes from region to region, depending on the funding it can secure.…”

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“…Comparing three cases from Pakistan, this article demonstrates that the NGO leadership that is able to develop an embedded partnership with the government is one most cautious about engaging with donor money and most resistant to adopting the culture of professionalism and material comfort that is popular with donor-funded NGOs (Bano 2008b;Banks et al 2015;Hulme and Edwards 1997). Donors' ability to promote partnerships under the good-governance agenda is thus highly questionable.…”

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Partnerships and the Good-Governance Agenda: Improving Service Delivery Through State–NGO Collaborations

Bano

2018

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First under the Millennium Development Goals and now under the Sustainable Development Goals, partnerships for development, especially between state and NGOs, remain a valued goal. Partnerships are argued to improve provision of basic social services to the poor: the state is viewed as providing scale, with NGOs ensuring good governance. Close study of three leading partnership arrangements in Pakistan (privatization of basic health units, an 'adopt a school' program, and low-cost sanitation) shows how state-NGO collaborations can indeed improve service delivery; however, few of these collaborations are capable of evolving into embedded partnerships that can bring about positive changes in government working practices on a sustainable basis. In most cases, public servants tolerate, rather than welcome, NGO interventions, due to political or donor pressure. Embedded partnerships require ideal-type commitment on the part of the NGO leadership, which most donor-funded NGOs fail to demonstrate. For effective planning, it is important to differentiate the benefits and limitations of routine co-production arrangements from those of embedded partnerships.

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“…A significant number of development professionals "gave up the challenge and retreated into the expatriate ghetto" (Kealey 2001, 87). While development organizations continue to grow and employ notions of "participatory development" and "partnership," studies indicate that NGOs often fail to effectively involve the community in their programs (Bano 2008). Fowler (2002) argues that NGOs "in many developing countries, are the object of government mistrust and public suspicion" (29).…”

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“…In her important study based on three hundred interviews with respondents across Pakistan, Bano (2008) found that NGOs are often perceived as solely dependent on foreign development aid and as lacking in public legitimacy. High monetary compensation of NGO leaders, along with well-publicized scandals, has fuelled criticism of the sector (Laumann 2000;Bano 2008). Many studies have raised questions about NGOs' claim of participatory development and their impact on the communities they seek to help.…”

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“…Many studies have raised questions about NGOs' claim of participatory development and their impact on the communities they seek to help. The criticism is made that instead of engaging communities and listening to their voices, NGOs are creating-in urban areas, at least-a new elite class, immersed in Western values and disconnected from their communities (Bano 2008;Henderson 2002;Shehabuddin 2000).…”

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NGOs, Participatory Development and Construction of Identities: Involving Men in Gender and Development (GAD) Programs in South Asia

Jamal¹

2014

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This article is a critical examination of development discourse, focusing on the process by which identities are constructed in the interactions between NGO workers and communities. Through an examination of gender and development (GAD) programs in South Asia, I explore some of the challenges and contradictions that arise in participatory development. I argue that sustainable practice can be achieved only through self-reflective, inclusive, and respectful relationships. Review of GAD initiatives in the Pashtun region of Pakistan and Afghanistan leads to the realization that there is urgent need to constructively engage men in gender-related programs.

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The Role of Normative CSR‐Promoting Institutions in Stimulating CSR Disclosures in Developing Countries

Ali

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2017

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This paper provides evidence that CSR (corporate social responsibility) forums and networks such as the United Nations Global Compact Local Network (UNGC), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature, and CSR standards such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14000 play a significant role in driving CSR disclosure, using data from publicly quoted companies in Pakistan. The role of CSR-promoting institutions in enhancing capacity can provide a key explanation for the previously noted differences in disclosure patterns between developed and developing countries, on the one hand, and the improved disclosure in developing countries linked to the development of such institutions, on the other. Academically, this research demonstrates the vital importance of CSR-promoting institutions, and the related normative isomorphism logics, for CSR disclosure in lower-income countries, which have previously been assumed to largely lack such institutions. In practical terms, the significant relationship between CSR-promoting institutions and CSR disclosure suggests that we need stronger policies to encourage the development of such institutions.More research on developing countries is highly warranted given the perceived wide differences between developed and developing countries with regards to disclosure practices (Ali et al., 2017), which can be attributed to different socio-cultural environments, religious influences or levels of national economic development (Örtenblad, 2016;Jamali and Karam, 2017). Empirical studies in developed countries have pointed to a wide range of different influencesand hence a mixture of different domestic sources of isomorphic pressureson CSR disclosure, emanating largely from domestic stakeholder groupsincluding regulators (Neu et al.

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Dangerous Correlations: Aid’s Impact on NGOs’ Performance and Ability to Mobilize Members in Pakistan

Cited by 65 publications

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Partnerships and the Good-Governance Agenda: Improving Service Delivery Through State–NGO Collaborations

Partnerships and the Good-Governance Agenda: Improving Service Delivery Through State–NGO Collaborations

NGOs, Participatory Development and Construction of Identities: Involving Men in Gender and Development (GAD) Programs in South Asia

The Role of Normative CSR‐Promoting Institutions in Stimulating CSR Disclosures in Developing Countries

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