US based NGOs in International Development: Financial and Economic Determinants of Survival

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes; Schwörer, Tillmann

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.024

Cited by 15 publications

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“…Donor-country citizens may wish to support development abroad through private charitable giving (Andreoni, 1990;Nunnenkamp, Öhler and Schwörer, 2013;Mastromatteo and Russo, 2017). Private charitable giving involves an information problem: A potential donor may not know about a potential recipient who has specific needs that the donor wishes to address.…”

Section: Principal-agent Problems In Foreign Aidmentioning

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Blockchain technology and the governance of foreign aid

Reinsberg

2018

Journal of Institutional Economics

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Blockchain technology has been considered a vehicle to foster development in poor countries by promoting applications such as secure delivery of humanitarian aid, digital identity services, and proof of provenance. This article examines whether (and if so, how) blockchain technology can enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of foreign aid governance, thereby moving beyond completely anonymous contexts. Foreign aid governance is plagued by lack of credible commitments among states, which are further exacerbated by information asymmetries and which often undermine aid effectiveness. In this context, blockchain technology holds two promises. First, through the guaranteed execution of smart contracts, it can strengthen the credibility of state commitments, for example collective burden-sharing rules among a group of donors or recipient country compliance with policy conditionality in return for aid. Second, through leveraging prediction markets, blockchain technology can allay information problems related to the verification of real-world events along the entire aid delivery chain.

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Section: Principal-agent Problems In Foreign Aidmentioning

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Blockchain technology and the governance of foreign aid

Reinsberg

2018

Journal of Institutional Economics

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“… 5. In this case, we treat their financial information as missing for the years without filing (Nunnenkamp, Öhler, & Schwörer, 2013). …”

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Understanding the Dissolution of Nonprofit Organizations: A Financial Management Perspective

Shon

Zhang

2019

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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The financial antecedents of nonprofit dissolution have not been well studied, although there is growing scholarly attention devoted to the dissolution of nonprofit organizations. Using longitudinal data on U.S. public charities from 2005 to 2015, this study employs the Cox proportional-hazards model to examine the effects of overhead costs and revenue mix on nonprofit dissolution. In particular, we find that spending on employee compensation and fundraising each has a nonlinear, U-shaped relationship with the likelihood of nonprofit dissolution. We also find that commercial nonprofits are less likely to dissolve than their noncommercial counterparts. Finally, revenue diversification has a favorable effect on nonprofits’ survival prospects. These findings provide important managerial implications for nonprofits to sustain their operations and influence in practice.

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“…For example, Edwards and Fowler () noted that government funding is beneficial for nonprofits to scale up development programs and expand services and client bases. Nunnenkamp, Öhler, and Schwörer () found that government funded nonprofits enjoy more favorable survival prospects. McCleary and Barro (), Herzer and Nunnenkamp (), and Nikolova () examined whether government grants to nonprofits would leverage charitable donations from private sources.…”

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How does government funding affect nonprofits' program spending? Evidence from international development organizations

Zhao

2019

Public Admin & Development

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Summary Under the new governance models, the scope of government funding of nonprofit activities in service delivery and policy implementation is extensive. There is a long‐standing concern that government funding may compromise nonprofit operations and lead to unintended consequences. This research examines the concern by exploring the effect of government funding on nonprofits' spending on programs and services. Existing theories and empirical evidence propose competing arguments concerning the relationship between government funding and nonprofits' program spending. Using a 20‐year panel dataset of international development nonprofits registered with the United States Agency for International Development, we find that nonprofits receiving more government funding spend significantly higher proportions of their organizational resources on development programs. Government funding seems to increase nonprofits' program spending and to make them more focused on their mission‐related activities.

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US based NGOs in International Development: Financial and Economic Determinants of Survival

Cited by 15 publications

References 49 publications

Blockchain technology and the governance of foreign aid

Blockchain technology and the governance of foreign aid

Understanding the Dissolution of Nonprofit Organizations: A Financial Management Perspective

How does government funding affect nonprofits' program spending? Evidence from international development organizations

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