Relief and rehabilitation work in Mozambique
Institutional capacity and NGO executional strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3885646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erica Egan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 174-184 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/096145249100076361 |
| OpenAlex | W2087703149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
The nature of the Mozambique ‘emergency ̊s and its institutional context pose a significant challenge to NGO aid strategies, as these organisations seek to reconcile objectives of short-term effectiveness and accountability with goals of long-term capacity-building and sustainability. The increasing emphasis on the former within the Zambezia Province Emergency Programme may be prejudicing the government's capacity to stimulate economic and social rehabilitation once the Emergency Programme aid declines. Many NGOs working within the Province have shifted from a strategy of executing relief and rehabilitation programmes through existing institutional channels to one which relies heavily on the development of their own parallel structures. The shift has been motivated by the perceived weak executional capacity of the government institutions; however, it is unclear whether the modest gains in aid effectiveness and efficiency offset the lost opportunities for institutional change and learning necessary for prog
Business · Capacity building · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Physical therapy · Sociology · South asia · International Development and Aid · Medicine · Rehabilitation
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2013 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |