Putting the lasts first: The case for community-focused and peer-managed NGO accountability mechanisms

Voluntas

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-125

  Murtaza, Niaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community participation; NGO accountability; Organizational learning; Organizational performance management; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ADVOCACY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 84856412877     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-011-9181-9     Document Type: Article

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