RESOURCE DEPENDENCY AND THE NGO RESPONSE TO FAMINE: A THEORETICAL STUDY

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Abstract

The 2011 famine in the Horn of Africa resulted in the death of many thousands of people. According to the report A Dangerous Delay, (2012) jointly published by Oxfam and Save the Children, the Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) attempting to mitigate the emergency responded too slowly. The report states that NGOs had access to accurate information about the growing crisis provided by the early warning systems (EWS). Yet the NGOs responded too slowly reducing the effectiveness of their interventions. Issues of inadequate financial and organizational capacity and a lack of co-operation between NGOs contributed to the slow response. We argue that resource dependency underscored many of the issues faced by the NGOs.

Keywords: Resource Dependency, NGO, Africa

How to cite this paper: Kluvers, R., Isbister, T. (2015). Resource dependency and the NGO response to famine: A theoretical study. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(1-9), 1006-1013. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i1c9p4