In an article by Peter Nunnenkamp in the latest number of the journal “Development and Cooperation” funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and commissioned by InWEnt (Capacity Building International) the aid effectiveness of NGOs is being criticized. Although the preliminary nature of the findings is underlined it is concluded that:
“All in all, our findings point to NGO aid not being a panacea for providing better-targeted aid and boosting aid effectiveness. In contrast to what one might expect, NGOs seem to prefer to keep a low profile. They did not try to distinguish themselves from state aid agencies by outperforming the latter in terms of focus on the neediest, or by entering uncharted waters where ODA is likely to fail.”
Filed under: Beyond WECA
