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The U.K. overseas development administration and non‐departmental public bodies in the field of educational aid
Author(s) -
Moore Christopher,
Newbigging Eric
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230020104
Subject(s) - administration (probate law) , independence (probability theory) , government (linguistics) , public administration , political science , control (management) , organizational structure , public relations , management , economics , law , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics
The educational aid programme sponsored by the U.K. Overseas Development Administration has been conducted using organizations in which substantial changes have been made in the last ten years. This article analyses the changes in the structure of non‐departmental agencies and in the relations between the Overseas Development Administration and the agencies, and considers the rationale for these. It draws attention to the contrast between the formal independence of these non‐departmental bodies and continuing departmental control, and to the limitations of non‐departmental bodies as a means of securing advice and co‐operation. The article points to the difficulties in organizational terms of marrying the aim of providing a framework for co‐operating with the recipients of aid, and for securing advice, co‐operation and support in its administration from bodies outside central government in the U.K., while preserving ministerial responsibility.