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Need, Merit, Self‐Interest or Convenience? Exploring Aid Allocation Motives of Grassroots International NGOs

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ID21594073
AuthorsJoseph M Davis (0000-0002-9526-1865, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester MA USA, corresponding author), L Swi (0000-0002-0681-0464, Department of Sociology Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's NL Canada)
Year2020
Volume32
Issue8
Pages1324-1345
Publication date2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-1748 • E-ISSN: 1099-1328
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jid.3505
OpenAlexW3045485102
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited52

Despite substantial scholarly attention given to aid allocation motives of state agencies and professionalized non‐governmental organizations (NGOs), privately funded grassroots international NGOs (GINGOs), which have rapidly emerged in the global North, have escaped academic analysis. Using an original dataset of 948 Canadian NGOs, this study compares country aid allocation patterns along competing variables of need, merit, self‐interest and convenience between professionalized, mid‐sized independent and grassroots international NGOs. Our results underscore the importance of a disaggregated analysis yet reveal similar aid allocation trends between all three NGO groups and show significant herding behaviour. These findings question the added value of the growing phenomena of GINGOs. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Economics · Geography · Grassroots · Herding · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Self-interest · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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