Record Details

Do Development INGOs Really Work? The Impact of International Development NGOs on Human Capital and Economic Growth

Journal of Sustainable Society

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title Do Development INGOs Really Work? The Impact of International Development NGOs on Human Capital and Economic Growth
 
Creator Murdie, Amanda Marie; Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Kakietek, Jakub; ICF International, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
 
Subject community development, human capital, NGO
civil society, development rights, female education, human capital
 
Description We argue that the presence of development INGOs has both a direct and an indirect effect on economic growth. Directly, development INGOs help economic growth through providing access to capital, supporting entrepreneurship, and facilitating economic stability. Indirectly, development INGOs impact economic growth through increasing human capital. Following recent research, we develop a simultaneous equation statistical model to assess the direct and indirect effect of development INGOs on growth cross-nationally.  We find much support for both the direct and indirect effects of development INGOs on economic growth.  These findings have positive implications for the ability of these organizations to improve economic well-being in lesser developed countries.
 
Publisher World Scholars
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2012-04-30
 
Type —
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://wscholars.com/index.php/jss/article/view/56
10.11634/21682585140356
 
Source Journal of Sustainable Society; Vol 1, No 1 (2012); 1-10
 
Language en
 
Rights Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. The Editors reserve the right to edit or otherwise alter all contributions, but authors will receive proofs for approval before publication.World Scholars reserves the rights to retract any published manuscripts in the case of suspected plagiarism or any scientific misconducts. All requests for withdrawal of manuscripts before or after publishing will only be entertained if a formal written request is made to the editor of JSS. Approvals for withdrawal of manuscripts wholly depends on the consideration of the editor and the editorial board of JSS. No refunds for the manuscript publishing charges will be made in the event of withdrawal after the manuscript has been published.Copyrights for articles published in World Scholars journals are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author.