In recent decades there has been a great expansion in the number, size and influence of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) involved in international relief and development. These changes have led to increased scrutiny of such organisations, and this scrutiny, together with increasing reflection by INGOs themselves and their staff on their own practice, has helped to highlight a number of pressing ethical questions such organisations face, such as: should INGOs attempt to provide emergency assistance even when doing so risks helping to fuel further conflict? How should...
In recent decades there has been a great expansion in the number, size and influence of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) involv...
Understanding and demonstrating the effectiveness of efforts to improve the lives of those living in poverty is an essential part of international development practice. But who decides what counts as good or credible evidence? Can the drive to measure results do justice to and promote transformational change - change that challenges the power relations that produce and reproduce inequality, injustice and the non-fulfillment of human rights?
The Politics of Evidence in International Development provides a critical examination of the results agenda, with practical strategies...
Understanding and demonstrating the effectiveness of efforts to improve the lives of those living in poverty is an essential part of international dev...
