Dirk-Jan Koch

Aid from International NGOs

Blind Spots on the AID Allocation Map

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book maps, explains and assesses the country choices of the largest international NGOs using qualitative, quantitative and experimental methods to provide a clear insight into what determines these choices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780415486477
• ISBN-10: 0415486475
• Artikelnr.: 25043156

Autorenporträt

Dirk-Jan Koch has been working for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2004. He spent three years at their Civil Society Unit and is currently based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he deals with humanitarian and development aid.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Part 1: Mapping and testing determinants of geographic choices of NGOs
2. Politics or poverty: what determines the geographic choices of NGOs
3. Geographic choices of Dutch NGOs: myths or realities
Part 2: Explaining geographic concentration of NGOs
4. The concentration of NGOs: an economic geography approach
5. Do country images affect concentration of NGOs
6. "Back donors"' influence on concentration
Part 3: Analyzing implications of geographic choices of NGOs
7. The consequences of concentration of NGOs: does if affect cooperation?
8. Implications of the research findings.