TY - JOUR
T1 - NGO Accountability in Bangladesh: Two Contrasting Cases
AU - MIR, Monir
AU - Bala, Swapan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University.
PY - 2015/10/22
Y1 - 2015/10/22
N2 - Drawing on the institutional sociology framework of coercive isomor-
phism, the study explores the effects of upward hierarchical accountability on the program outcomes of NGOs in Bangladesh. The study uses a qualitative case study method involving two NGOs. The findings from the case studies suggest that NGOs which depend on foreign funding spend more time and resources in fulfilling their upward hierarchical accountabilities compared to NGOs which are funded from
their own sources. As a result, the accountability obligations of foreign-funded NGOs are not met as effectively as NGOs which are funded from their own sources.
AB - Drawing on the institutional sociology framework of coercive isomor-
phism, the study explores the effects of upward hierarchical accountability on the program outcomes of NGOs in Bangladesh. The study uses a qualitative case study method involving two NGOs. The findings from the case studies suggest that NGOs which depend on foreign funding spend more time and resources in fulfilling their upward hierarchical accountabilities compared to NGOs which are funded from
their own sources. As a result, the accountability obligations of foreign-funded NGOs are not met as effectively as NGOs which are funded from their own sources.
KW - NGO
KW - Institutional isomorphism
KW - Upward accountability
KW - Downward accountability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84942019702&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11266-014-9513-7
DO - 10.1007/s11266-014-9513-7
M3 - Article
SN - 0957-8765
VL - 26
SP - 1831
EP - 1851
JO - Voluntas
JF - Voluntas
IS - 5
ER -