RT Journal Article
T1 Impact of non-profit organizations’ accountability: empirical evidence from the democratic Republic of Congo
A1 Urquía Grande, María Elena
A1 Pérez Estébanez, Raquel
A1 Alcaráz-Quiles, Francisco José
AB Aid on health, education and economy provided by Small Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) in Africa should focus on transmitting transparency, responsibility and efficacy in their work concerning NPOs’ downward accountability for beneficiaries, as beneficiaries are one of the most important NPO stakeholders. This research focuses on NPOs’ downward accountability for beneficiaries, as beneficiaries are one of the most important NPO stakeholders where researchers have not focused thoroughly. A survey was designed and divided into various issues of accountability and their impact on the beneficiaries’ perception of economic improvement. The multivariate analysis obtained interesting results, showing that beneficiaries have a positive perception of NPOs’ aid to their families and village and find that the NPO discloses its objectives clearly and has high networking activity. However, they believe that the NPO should be more flexible and align its work more closely with local and public policy in the area. They also believe that the NPO should improve publication and dissemination of information on its objectives, activities and results. Based on these findings, small NPOs should receive more training in protocols about accountability issues to improve performance, as the majority of NPOs fail to use accountability outcomes to improve performance.Keywords: NPOs; Accountability; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Africa
PB Elsevier
SN 2452-2929
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114182
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114182
LA eng
NO Elena Urquía-Grande, Raquel Pérez Estébanez, Francisco José Alcaraz-Quiles, Impact of Non-Profit Organizations’ Accountability: Empirical evidence from the democratic Republic of Congo, World Development Perspectives, Volume 28, 2022, 100462, ISSN 2452-2929, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2022.100462.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025