In den letzten Jahren entwickelte sich eine lebhafte Debatte, wie NGOs ineffizientes Verhalten sowie Reputationsprobleme besser in den Griff bekommen können. Ein großer Teil dieser Debatte konzentrierte sich auf Accountability-Standards. Allerdings weisen diese Maßnahmen eine ernstzunehmende...

The objective of this paper is to understand the mechanisms by which development projects facilitate market linkage of smallholder farmers based on panel data from Nicaragua. We find that activities related to entrepreneurial practices have positive and statistically significant effect on...

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are exerting growing pressure on firms to eliminate product components (such as palm oil) that are harmful to the environment (such as rainforests) or replace such components with NGO-certified sustainable components. Under which conditions does NGO pressure...

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are now widely used in development economics. However, their use is often resisted by non-governmental development organizations. The objections they raise differ between the three types of activities of such non-governmental organizations (NGOs): capacity...