NGOs and the effectiveness of interventions

Arbeitspapier

Interventions led by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are often more effective than comparable efforts by other actors, yet relatively little is known about how implementer identity drives final outcomes. Combining a stratified field experiment in India with a triple-differences estimation strategy, we show that a local development NGO's prior engagement with target communities increases the effectiveness of a technology-promotion intervention implemented by it by at least 30 percent. This "NGO effect" has implications for the generalizability and scalability of evidence from experimental research conducted with local implementation partners.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-96973-043-0
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 902

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship ; Field Experiments ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
• Subject: NGOs ; field experiments ; external validity

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Usmani, Faraz ; Jeuland, Marc ; Pattanayak, Subhrendu
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2021

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.4419/96973043
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/233068
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET