Donor Funding and Performance of Non-Governmental Organizations in Northern Uganda

ABSTRACT 

The study is to evaluate the relationship between donor funding and performance of selected NGOs in northern Uganda. The study based on the objectives of assessing the effect of international donor funding on the performance of NGOs in Northern Uganda, examine the influence of national donor funding on performance of Nongovernmental organizations and to establish the effect of local donor funding on performance of NGOs in Northern Uganda. The study problem was poor performance attributed to funding where some NGOs report that poor funding account for the low levels of NGOs performance in Northern Uganda, the African youth network and War child Canada whose major objectives are to recover the people previously affected with war are not an exception. The study adopted a descriptive survey design in analyzing donor funding and performance of NGOs in Northern Uganda, the study was based on a target population of 178 with the sample population of 123 who were attained using purposive sampling method of data collection. The study findings were that international donor funding had a significant relationship with performance of the NGOs. On the second objective national funding had a significant relationship with the performance of NGOs in northern Uganda while in the third objective there was also a significant relationship between the local donor funding and performance of the NGOs in northern Uganda. The study concluded that donor funding for the nongovernmental organizations in northern Uganda is low and inadequate. It further implies that the state of funding that is available on international, national and local levels is not so appropriate hence the need to improve the status quo for the funding in order to improve performance. The researcher recommends that there is need to improve the state of donor funding through improving international lobbying. Monitoring must be achieved at the lowest possible cost to society that is compatible with a satisfactory level of protection, improving the lobbying by establishing bilateral supports, line ministries also have an interest in ensuring a minimum of coordination between the activities of multiple NGOs in their sector of interest, improve the efficiency of the NGO sector, grant agencies should encourage a transparent grant allocation process based purely on merit, cost-effective monitoring must build on existing forms of monitoring need to establish the national policy framework that can guide the nongovernmental organizations

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION vi

APPROVAL vii

DEDICATION viii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ix

ABSTRACT xi

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background of the Study 1

1.1.1 Historical Perspective 1

1.1.2 Theoretical Perspective 2

1.1.3 Conceptual Perspective 3

1.4 Contextual framework 4

1.2 Problem statement 5

1.3 Purpose of the study 5

1.4 Specific Research Objectives 5

1.5 Research Questions 6

1.6 Scope of the study 6

1.6.1 Subject scope 6

1.6.2 Geographical Scope 6

1.6.3 Time Scope 7

1.6.4 Theoretical Scope 7

1.7 Research Hypothesis 6

1.8 Significance of the study 7

1.9 Operational definitions ofKey terms 7

CHAPTER TWO 9

LITERATURE REVIEW 9

2.0 Introduction 9

2.1 Theoretical Review 9

2.2 Conceptual framework .11

2.3 Related Literature 12

2.3.1 International donor funding and performance of NGOs 12

2.3.2 National Donor funding and performance of NGOs 14

2.3.3 Local donor funding and performance of NGOs 15

2.4 Related studies on Donor funding and Performance of NGOs in Uganda 17

CHAPTER THREE 21

METHODOLOGY 21

3.0 Introduction 21

3.1 Research design 21

3.2 Research Population 21

3.3.1 Sample size 21

3.4 Sampling Procedure 22

3.5 Data source 23

3.5.1 Primary data 23

3.5.2 Secondary data 23

3.6 Methods of data collection 23

3.6.1 Questionnaires 23

3.6.2 Interviews 23

3.6.3 Document review 23

3.7 Research instruments 23

3.7.1 Questionnaires 23

3.7.2 Interview Guide 23

3.7.3 Document review 24

3.8 Validity and reliability of research Instruments 24

3.8.1 Validity of the instrument 24

3.8.2 Reliability of the research instruments 25

3.9 Data analysis and presentation 25

3.10 Ethical consideration 26

3.11 Limitations and Solutions 26

CHAPTER FOUR 28

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION .28

4.0 Introduction 28

4.1 Demographic Information 28

4.2 Effect of international donor funding on Performance of NGOS in Northern Uganda 31

4.2.1 Effect of international donor funding on Performance of NGOS in Northern Uganda....31

4.3 National Donor funding and the performance of NGOs ofNorthern Uganda (n=123) 34

4.4 Effect of local donor funding on the performance of NGOs of Northern Uganda 39

4.5 Relationship between the variables as per the research objectives 41

CHAPTER FIVE 44

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 44

5.0 Introduction 44

5.1 Discussion of findings 44

5.2 Conclusion 46

5.3 Recommendations 47

5.4 Areas of further study 49

REFERENCES 50

Appendix A: Research questionnaire 53

Appendix ii: Interview Guide 56