Ngo Poverty Eradication Strategies In Developing Countries
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Background
Poverty eradication, and its eventual elimination, is a central objective of development. In pursuit of solutions to developmental problems besetting the African continent, the donor community is increasingly regarding Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) as an important agency for empowering people thereby leading more effective and sustainable local development services than those promoted by the government. This stems from the fact that the developing nations have failed to cater for the welfare of its people (Ibrahim & Hulme, 2015).
However, there remains considerable doubt about how these objectives can be achieved in practice. Development as one of the objectives of development agents has gained much attention from both developing and developed countries. Billions of dollars are donated every year to fight against poverty so that development can be achieved, but little is achieved. Fernandez (2014), argued that the non-governmental sector is best positioned to articulate the needs of poor people by providing services and enhancing development in remote areas through accessing the most vulnerable, poverty-stricken populations.
These organizations make the development processes become more accountable, transparent and participatory. They not only fill in the gaps but also act as a response to failures in the public and private sectors in providing basic services, they exist as alternatives. That is, in being voluntary and non-governmental, they are viewed as vehicles for people to participate in development and social change in ways that would not be possible through government programs. NGOs were targeted by donors, as more effective routes to alleviate poverty in low-income countries, than state governments. Many developing countries have embraced the intervention of NGOs as alternatives for poverty alleviation (Bassey, 2016). However, the strategies used are seemingly facing sustainability challenges hence the need to focus on what needs to be done to achieve sustainability to poverty eradication. The emergence of NGOs in developing nations in the field of development has to augment the role of the government’s poverty eradication strategies. Therefore, this paper seeks to evaluate the poverty eradication strategies implemented by NGOs in developing nations.
Research Problem
Studies across the globe show that, areas where states cannot provide sufficient goods, services or enabling environments that help citizens in securing livelihoods, or where disadvantaged groups are excluded from existing state institutions, alternative channels of service provision and/or holding governments to account must be found. It is into this gap that NGOs have neatly fitted (Paul, 2013). The fight against poverty has been of great concern in developing countries for example since the post-colonial period. This struggle requires a collaborative, concerted and participatory approach of all the stakeholders in order to tackle the high poverty rates that affect about half of the population. The government and the NGOs have crucial roles to play in poverty alleviation.
In developing countries, poverty manifests itself through poor health, illiteracy, insecurity, uncertain access to justice, isolation from social economic development and disempowerment. This situation demands strategic partnering so that a lasting solution can be sought. NGOs have taken a leading role in the development of developing countries. Several NGOs with both local and international funding have been in the forefront in fighting poverty, ignorance and diseases. Despite all these significant efforts made by NGOs in developing countries in fighting poverty, no much research has been carried out to establish their relevance and roles in the developing countries communities (Uma, 2013). In most countries, NGOs have operated for many years but little research has been carried in this field to establish the roles played by the NGOs in reducing the poverty levels in the developing countries. Due to this gap, the research seeks to investigate the contributions made by NGO, in poverty reduction in developing countries. Therefore, the paper seeks answer the question: What kind of strategies should be developed to eradicate poverty in developing countries?
General Objective
To establish poverty eradication strategies by non-governmental organizations in developing countries
Specific Objectives
- To establish the influence of economic empowerment interventions on poverty eradication by non-governmental organizations in developing countries
- To determine the influence of educational activities on poverty eradication by non-governmental organizations in developing countries
- To determine the influence of health interventions on poverty eradication by non-governmental organizations in developing countries
- To establish the influence of infrastructure developments on poverty eradication by non-governmental organizations in developing countries
The study will guide government policy pertaining to poverty, poverty alleviation and expansion of development programs. In addition, the research can help NGOs identify and highlight appropriate strategies and interventions to eradicate poverty and enhance development. To the NGOs management the research can help them formulate clear policies, adopt prudent resource management and develop organization culture and hire qualified staff. Thus, this intervention will help them to come up with clear strategies on eradicating poverty and enhancing development. The research may also be a source of knowledge for future scholars, students and other NGOs serving as a basis of reference for conducting research, which in turn, will lead to better understanding of poverty reduction and development. This still remains a serious socio-economic problem that needs to be further investigated into. Future researchers will be able to refer to the study to understand social relationships and seek answers to various social problems that will arise from recommendations.
The research will adopt descriptive survey design. Descriptive research is on most occasions used as a pre-cursor to other quantitative research designs with an overall outlook on important pointers; on which variables are worth measuring quantitatively. The study will focus on east African countries with a target population of 2000 registered NGOs. Data will be collected via questionnaires through email. The questionnaires will promote uniformity on the way the questions will be asked. The structured questions will be in type of a five-point Likert scale, whereby respondents will be required to show their perspectives on a scale of 1 to 5. The sample size will be determined by Krejcie and Morgan sample size determination table. Content validity will be used to research if or not the devices addressed the study questions. To build up content validity alterations to the instruments will be carried out with the help of the supervisor.
For reliability, the researcher will use Cronbach’s Alpha (α) which demonstrates the degree to which an arrangement of estimation things will be handled as estimating a single latent variable. The research will use Cronbach’s alpha formula to test reliability, with value of 0. 7. The data gathered will be analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The research will yield both qualitative and quantitative data. The quantitative information gathered will be analyzed utilizing descriptive statistics with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. The results will be presented by tables, pie charts, bar graphs and frequencies.
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