The resources and governance of non-governmental organizations in Uganda (original) (raw)

The governance of non-governmental organizations in Uganda

World Development, 2005

Using original survey data, we document the activities, resources, and governance structure of NGOs operating in Uganda. The NGO sector is funded primarily by international non-governmental organizations and bilateral donors. We Þnd large differences in size and funding across NGOs, with only a few NGOs attracting most of the funding. Most NGOs are small and underfunded and focus on raising awareness and advocacy. Few NGOs are faith-based. Most screening and monitoring is done by grant agencies. Some monitoring is also done internally by members and trustees. Few respondents were able to provide coherent Þnancial accounts. Reporting requirements appear onerous given the limited organizational capacity of Ugandan NGOs. * We thank to the World Bank and the Japanese government for funding this research. We also would like to thank Professor Sam Tulya-Muhika, Kintu Nyago, and their team of enumerators for assisting with data collection. We are grateful to Peter Ssentongo from the Office of the Prime Minister and Mary Bitekerezo from the Kampala World Bank office for their assistance and comments. Many thanks go to Nikos Evangelou for his very valuable assistance and support when piloting the survey.

Can NGOs cultivate supportive conditions for social democratic development? The case of a research and development NGO in Western Uganda

2013

AbstractThe University of ManchesterSophie KingPhD: Development Policy and Management2013Can NGOs cultivate supportive conditions for social democratic development? The case of a research and development NGO in Western Uganda.There is an emergent consensus that the ?poverty reduction through good governance? agenda has failed to meet expectations. The capacity of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to cultivate the political economies and state-society synergies that might be supportive of more pro-poor development trajectories is contested. Advocates of inclusive liberalism identify increased political space for NGOs focused on popular empowerment and policy influence within the participatory spaces created by the good governance agenda. More radical critiques cast NGOs as apolitical brokers of neo-liberal development resources which distract from or are disinterested in more fundamental questions of redistribution. This thesis explores the potential for Ugandan NGOs to cultivate...

The Elusive Promise of NGOs in Africa

1998

List of Tables and Figures Tables 1.1 NGO typology 3.1 Gross domestic product growth rate as a percentage of annual change in Uganda: 1986-97 3.2 Total external debt in Uganda (US$ millions at current prices and exchange rates) 5.1 NGO operations in Uganda by district 5.2 NGO case studies basic data 10.1057/9780230502116preview-The Elusive Promise of NGOs in Africa, Susan Dicklitch Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com-licensed to npg-PalgraveConnect-2016-12-21 Many individuals have been instrumental in helping me to complete this manuscript. I would like to thank those NGOs in Uganda that gave me access to their data and allowed me to accompany them on their field trips, especially ACFODE, FHRI, UHRA, FAD, KAF and the URDF. Also, the people at the Makerere Institute for Social Research (MISR) opened their offices and their homes to me. I will be forever indebted to them for that. On the home front, I would like to thank Richard Sandbrook, Judith Teichman, Jonathan Barker and Cranford Pratt for useful comments. Rosalind Boyd was a wealth of information and inspiration.

NGOS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

NGO's and Social Development, 2021

Today, there is increasing emergency of NGOs in Uganda and in the world at large. NGO's are really playing important role in promoting Socioeconomic development. This paper looks at the registration of NGO's specifically in Uganda and the legal requirements for the registration of an NGO; Funding of NGO's; challenges faced by NGOs today and the solutions; And Sustainability of NGO's.

How do donors allocate funds to NGOs? Evidence from Uganda

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Capacity-Building and Financial Sustainability Needs of Non-Governmental Organizations in Three sub-Saharan African Countries An Exploratory Study

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are an important part of the social safety net in most countries, often providing goods and services to meet human needs that governments and/or businesses are unable or unwilling to provide. Yet NGOs – especially those that are founded in the countries that they serve (domestic NGOs) – often struggle to secure the resources they need to operate effectively and efficiently. This report is organized as follows. First, we provide a description of the study sample and methodology. Second, we present findings concerning management and governance practices, capacity building experiences and needs, and financial and other challenges of NGOs. We hope that an enhanced understanding of these issues will make donor agencies, foundations, individual donors, community leaders, and policy makers more aware of the support NGOs need.

Okello. L.R Evalaution Practices and Strategy Performance of local NGOs in Uganda Full PhD. Proposal

Evaluation practices and strategy performance of local NGOs, 2021

Evaluation due diligence requirements for local non-governmental organizations (NGOS) have traditionally been anchored on western evaluation paradigms which focused on meeting donor requirements and yet their contextual relevancies are dismissible in the national policy cycles. Since 2010, there has been growing convergence by both donors and governments towards having common standards for local NGO partnerships. Professionalization of evaluation practice among the local non-governmental organizations (NGO)s as a concept and a strategy is a relatively new and undebated phenomenon in localization studies. This study conceptualizes that evaluation practices as an all-inclusive institutional culture that ensures evaluation planning, technical kills, and steering process as a central pillar in strategy and program implementation. In full cognition that the operating environment of local NGOs are often hostile and difficult to predict, this study addressed the most critical stability question: Does having a sound evaluation skill set within a local organization influence the strategy performance of an NGO? The study constructs of strategy performance were measured in terms of fund stability, community satisfaction and timeliness of response. Using a cross sectional study design and guided by the performance and adaptive management theories, quantitative data was collected from 349 local NGO field staff, managers, and executive leaders from all regions within Uganda.