Why work "at home"? Oxfam's value-added and the UK Poverty Programme

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ID3886225
AuthorsSusannah Pickering-Saqqa (0000-0003-1429-2537, University of East London, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume29
Issue4
Pages477-488
Publication date2019-05-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2019.1574714
OpenAlexW2912181330
LanguageEN
References cited20

International development NGOs are in existential crisis. Their legitimacy and added value are increasingly challenged. While scholars have focused on legitimacy, work on "value-added" is scarce. In particular, no research addresses the value of domestic programmes to international NGOs. This article rectifies this, focusing on the case of Oxfam GB's UK Poverty Programme (UKPP). Using empirical research from 35 interviews with Oxfam GB staff, partners and beneficiaries and over 150 archive documents, the article identifies seven assets through which the programme provides value added to Oxfam GB. It highlights the possibility that these could offer insights into the dimensions of future INGOs

Civil society · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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