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NGO Accountability
Politics, Principles and Innovations
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eBook - ePub
NGO Accountability
Politics, Principles and Innovations
About this book
As the fastest growing segment of civil society, as well as featuring prominently in the global political arena, NGOs are under fire for being 'unaccountable'. But who do NGOs actually represent? Who should they be accountable to and how? This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the issues and politics of NGO accountability across all sectors and internationally.
It offers an assessment of the key technical tools available including legal accountability, certification and donor-based accountability regimes, and questions whether these are appropriate and viable options or attempts to 'roll-back' NGOs to a more one-dimensional function as organizers of national and global charity. Input and case studies are provided from NGOs such as ActionAid, and from every part of the globe including China, Indonesia and Uganda. In the spirit of moving towards greater accountability the book looks in detail at innovations that have developed from within NGOs and offers new approaches and flexible frameworks that enable accountability to become a reality for all parties worldwide.
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Index
20/20 Initiative 124
AAIU (ActionAid International Uganda) 168–177, 179–182
accountability 45–46
advocacy 114
definitions 99, 113, 184–185, 201
democratic 109, 113–116
donors 109–126
downward 54–55, 113, 116, 175
external 33, 130
history, NGOs 9–13
individuals 30–31
internal 33, 129–130, 135–139
legal 45–46, 47, 48
literature, NGOs 24–30
mechanisms 5–6
negative 139
new approaches 196
outward 175
political 46, 47–48
positive 139
social 48, 54, 56
traditional approaches 196, 197
upward 113, 116, 169
vertical 28
‘Accountability Standards for Chinese NPOs’ 135
Aceh, Indonesia 162
ActionAid Accountability, Learning and Planning System (ALPS) 169–170, 174, 208
ActionAid International 168, 172–173, 176, 177, 179
ActionAid International Uganda (AAIU) 168–177, 179–182
Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) 184
advice, source of 100
advocacy 34
accountability 114
good practice 35
Indonesia 150, 155
international campaigns 211–227
representation 73
Uganda 87
AES Corporation 212
affected communities see disaster-affected communities
Afghanistan 187–188
African Peer Review 90
Afunaduula, F.C. 222
Agency for Research, Education, Economic and Social Development (LP3ES) 157
ALNAP (Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action) 184
ALPS (ActionAid Accountability, Learning and Planning System) 169–170, 174, 208
Alternative Law Research and Development Center, Inc (ALTERLAW) 102
America see US
American Mothers, Inc 140
Amin, Idi 82
Amnesty International 38, 204, 205
Anderson, Kenneth 25–26, 36, 37
annual reports 205
Arthritis Foundation 118
Asmal, Kader 216
assets, financial 122
associational terrain, civil society 46,...
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Michael Edwards
- Acknowledgements
- SECTION I - KEY QUESTIONS AND CONCEPTS IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL DEBATE
- SECTION II - TRADITIONAL APPROACHES: LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY, CERTIFICATION AND DONOR REGIMES
- SECTION III - THE BENEFITS OF EMBRACING ACCOUNTABILITY
- SECTION IV - INNOVATIONS: EXPANDING THE ACCOUNTABILITY FRONTIER
- References
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Index