Despite the rise of human rights-based approaches to development (HRBA), there is no
comprehensive overview of recent empirical studies. This scoping review was conducted to …

Purpose Informed by the critical perspective of dialogic accounting theory, the purpose of
this paper is to explore the use of evaluation as a means of enhancing accountability to …

Building on prior research characterizing organizational effectiveness as a social
construction, this article identifies the perceived attributes of effective transnational …

Human rights has been a vital tool in the global movement to reduce maternal mortality and
to expose the disrespect and abuse that women experience during childbirth in facilities …

The research presented within this paper case studies two nonprofit organisations in order
to gain the perspectives of beneficiaries, staff, and board members on the participation of …

Advocacy, essential to the unique role of the nonprofit sector, is a term that suffers from a
definitional morass that is both crowded and inconsistent, undermining research progress …

Research on the determinants of foreign aid tends to focus on the relationship between
donor country priorities and recipient state characteristics, but donors also make decisions …

International nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) are increasingly important players in
global politics and development. However, they are undergoing significant adaptations as …

Motivation Governments commonly support the advocacy role of civil society organizations
(CSOs) in development, but studies argue that close linkages between government and …

This article explores the reputations of transnational non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) and their determinants. Although the concept of reputation has received extensive …