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Funding conditions for aid effectiveness: A mixed blessing for the sustainable development of host‐country‐national employees

Author(s) -

O'Sullivan Sharon L.

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of administrative sciences / revue canadienne des sciences de l'administration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347

H-Index - 48

eISSN - 1936-4490

pISSN - 0825-0383

DOI - 10.1002/cjas.1318

Subject(s) - blessing , staffing , accountability , scale (ratio) , business , host (biology) , perspective (graphical) , empirical research , public relations , political science , management , economics , computer science , law , ecology , philosophy , physics , archaeology , epistemology , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , biology , history

This paper explores whether—and how—aid effectiveness funding conditions impact the human resource development of host‐country national (HCN) employees. To investigate this relationship, I conducted a phenomenological study with 31 participants from three international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs). Results suggest that the pressure toward funds accountability brings mixed blessings: From a staffing perspective, more HCNs are being hired instead of expatriates, building local capacity. However, vital training and performance review functions are cast as inefficient overheads. The paper concludes with a conceptual framework, practical strategies for INGOs and donor governments, and directions for larger scale empirical research. Copyright © 2015 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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