Location Decisions and Nongovernmental Organization Motivation : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly important role in development assistance, but little systematic evidence is available about their objectives and choices in developing countries. The authors develop two stylized accounts of...
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okr-10986-173422021-04-23T14:03:37Z Location Decisions and Nongovernmental Organization Motivation : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh Gauri, Varun Fruttero, Anna NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS DECISION MAKING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD INCOME DONOR FUNDED PROJECTS LOCATION CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MANAGED SCHOOLS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRES CONSULTING SERVICES CORRUPTION DECISIONMAKING DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS GRAMEEN BANK HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME LITERACY LIVESTOCK NGO NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION POLITICAL PARTIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PROGRAMS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE SIZE TARGETING VOLUNTEERISM WOOD Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly important role in development assistance, but little systematic evidence is available about their objectives and choices in developing countries. The authors develop two stylized accounts of NGO motivation: one in which donor contracts determine location decisions, and another in which altruistic motivations are the principal determinants. The authors then use data from the 1995 and 2000 rounds of the Bangladesh Households and Income and Expenditure Survey to analyze location decisions of NGO programs established between those two sample years. The data show that net change in a community's NGO program was unrelated to the community's need and that NGOs were ready to establish new programs in new areas without being concerned of duplicating the efforts of other NGOs. The findings suggest that contracts with donors, implicit or explicit, probably play a crucial role in determining the incentives that affect NGO program location choices. 2014-03-24T17:26:50Z 2014-03-24T17:26:50Z 2003-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/12/2872827/location-decisions-nongovernmental-organization-motivation-evidence-rural-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17342 English en_US Policy, Research working paper series;no. WPS 3176 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh |
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NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS DECISION MAKING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD INCOME DONOR FUNDED PROJECTS LOCATION CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MANAGED SCHOOLS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRES CONSULTING SERVICES CORRUPTION DECISIONMAKING DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS GRAMEEN BANK HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME LITERACY LIVESTOCK NGO NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION POLITICAL PARTIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PROGRAMS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE SIZE TARGETING VOLUNTEERISM WOOD |
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NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS DECISION MAKING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD INCOME DONOR FUNDED PROJECTS LOCATION CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MANAGED SCHOOLS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRES CONSULTING SERVICES CORRUPTION DECISIONMAKING DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS GRAMEEN BANK HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME LITERACY LIVESTOCK NGO NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION POLITICAL PARTIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PROGRAMS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE SIZE TARGETING VOLUNTEERISM WOOD Gauri, Varun Fruttero, Anna Location Decisions and Nongovernmental Organization Motivation : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
play an increasingly important role in development
assistance, but little systematic evidence is available
about their objectives and choices in developing countries.
The authors develop two stylized accounts of NGO motivation:
one in which donor contracts determine location decisions,
and another in which altruistic motivations are the
principal determinants. The authors then use data from the
1995 and 2000 rounds of the Bangladesh Households and Income
and Expenditure Survey to analyze location decisions of NGO
programs established between those two sample years. The
data show that net change in a community's NGO program
was unrelated to the community's need and that NGOs
were ready to establish new programs in new areas without
being concerned of duplicating the efforts of other NGOs.
The findings suggest that contracts with donors, implicit or
explicit, probably play a crucial role in determining the
incentives that affect NGO program location choices. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Gauri, Varun Fruttero, Anna |
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Gauri, Varun Fruttero, Anna |
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Gauri, Varun |
| title |
Location Decisions and Nongovernmental Organization Motivation : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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Location Decisions and Nongovernmental Organization Motivation : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
| title_full |
Location Decisions and Nongovernmental Organization Motivation : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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Location Decisions and Nongovernmental Organization Motivation : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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Location Decisions and Nongovernmental Organization Motivation : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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location decisions and nongovernmental organization motivation : evidence from rural bangladesh |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/12/2872827/location-decisions-nongovernmental-organization-motivation-evidence-rural-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17342 |
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