Definition
Private, voluntary development aid is the direct allocation of donations from donors in the Global North to recipient communities abroad, most often through voluntary, nongovernmental organizations.
Introduction
International development aid includes several channels, such as bilateral actors, multilateral institutions, international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), private philanthropists, and increasingly international volunteers. Indeed, INGOs – large and small – are major players in the “aid chain” as they have “captivated the imagination of a wide variety of development planners” (Watkins et al. 2012, p. 286). They are important because foreign governments and private individual donors often do not have access to recipient communities. Thus, donors provide money to INGOs, and these organizations work with partner organizations and individuals...
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Appe, S. (2017). Comparative Approaches to Private, Voluntary Development Aid. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3339-1
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