Motivating Transparency in Non-Governmental Organizations

Authors

Robert Francis, Brigham Young University
Daniel Nielson, Brigham Young University

Keywords

non-governmental organizations, international development institutions

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Political Science

Abstract

A recent trend in both development research and practice has dealt with increasing the transparency of government and international development institutions. While donors and stakeholders are able to put significant legal and social pressure on large development organizations, this same pressure has not materialized in regards to NGOs. They are not legally required to make publicly available information on activities and finances, which means that such transparency must be exogenously motivated. The research question behind this project is therefore to investigate what factors could motivate NGOs to act transparently.

Recommended Citation

Francis, Robert and Nielson, Daniel (2016) "Motivating Transparency in Non-Governmental Organizations," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2016: Iss. 1, Article 64.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/64