scholarly journals Using Blockchain to Ensure Trust between Donor Agencies and NGOs in Under-Developed Countries

Computers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Ehsan Rehman ◽  
Muhammad Asghar Khan ◽  
Tariq Rahim Soomro ◽  
Nasser Taleb ◽  
Mohammad A. Afifi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Distributed Software ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
Donor Agency ◽  
Donor Agencies

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in under-developed countries are receiving funds from donor agencies for various purposes, including relief from natural disasters and other emergencies, promoting education, women empowerment, economic development, and many more. Some donor agencies have lost their trust in NGOs in under-developed countries, as some NGOs have been involved in the misuse of funds. This is evident from irregularities in the records. For instance, in education funds, on some occasions, the same student has appeared in the records of multiple NGOs as a beneficiary, when in fact, a maximum of one NGO could be paying for a particular beneficiary. Therefore, the number of actual beneficiaries would be smaller than the number of claimed beneficiaries. This research proposes a blockchain-based solution to ensure trust between donor agencies from all over the world, and NGOs in under-developed countries. The list of National IDs along with other keys would be available publicly on a blockchain. The distributed software would ensure that the same set of keys are not entered twice in this blockchain, preventing the problem highlighted above. The details of the fund provided to the student would also be available on the blockchain and would be encrypted and digitally signed by the NGOs. In the case that a record inserted into this blockchain is discovered to be fake, this research provides a way to cancel that record. A cancellation record is inserted, only if it is digitally signed by the relevant donor agency.

scholarly journals AKTIVISME, FILANTROPI SOSIAL DAN PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN DI YOGYAKARTA: Studi terhadap Dinamika Aktivisme Yayasan Sahabat Ibu dalam Pemberdayaan Perempuan di Yogyakarta

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Ahmad Arif Widianto
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Women's Activism ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Donor Agencies ◽  
Child Benefit ◽  
The Way ◽  
Empowerment Program

This article discusses the dynamics of women`s activism of Yayasan Sahabat Ibu (YSI) in empowering women in Yogyakarta. YSI was formed by woman activists who concerned to recover children and women after the earthquake in Yogyakarta through philanthropic activities. Their activism continues following some natural disasters in Yogyakarta from 2006-2012. The activists then declared themselves as non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The orientation of the YSI movement has also changing changed from charity to productive women empowerment.This orientation were caused by changes in the way activists view the problems of women in Yogyakarta. YSI then runs three programs namely the Maternity and Child Benefit Program (PROSIBU), Mandiri Empowerment Program (PRIMA) and Smart and Skilled Mother Program (PINTAR). In this paper, The dynamics of YSI is discussed in three points; first, portraits of women’s activism and philanthropy in Indonesia; second, the dynamism of YSI activism from charity toward productive empowerment; third, YSI’s efforts to escape the dependence of philanthropic or fundraising assistance from donor agencies through the development of productive economics and the establishment of savings and credit cooperatives.Artikel ini membahas dinamika aktivisme perempuan Yayasan Sahabat Ibu (YSI) dalam melakukan pemberdayaan perempuan di Yogyakarta. YSI terbentuk dari perempuan-perempuan aktivis yang tergerak untuk melakukan recovery terhadap anak-anak dan perempuan pasca gempa bumi di Yogyakarta melalui kegiatan filantropis dan motivasi. Aktivisme mereka berlanjut seiring beruntunnya bencana alam di Yogyakarta dari tahun 2006-2012. Para aktivis tersebut kemudian mendeklarasikan diri sebagai Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat (LSM). Orientasi gerakan YSI pun berubah dari kegiatan karitatif menuju pemberdayaan perempuan yang produktif Perubahan orientasi tersebut disebabkan oleh perubahan cara pandang para aktivis terhadap permasalahan perempuan di Yogyakarta. YSI kemudian menjalankan tiga program yaitu Program Santunan untuk Ibu dan Anak (PROSIBU), Program Pemberdayaan Ibu Mandiri (PRIMA) dan Program Ibu Cerdas dan Terampil (PINTAR). Dalam tulisan ini, Dinamika YSI dibahas dalam tiga poin; pertama, potret aktivisme perempuan dan filantropi di Indonesia. Kedua, dinamika aktivisme YSI dari karitatif menuju pemberdayaan produktif. Ketiga, Upaya YSI untuk melepaskan diri dari ketergantungan bantuan filantropis atau fundraising dari lembaga donor melalui pengembangan ekonomi produktif dan pembentukan koperasi simpan pinjam.

Economic and Social Council

1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-292
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Freedom Of Association ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Social Council ◽  
World Economic

The Economic and Social Council met at Lake Success for its tenth session from February 7 to March 6, 1950, to consider a provisional agenda of 41 items, in addition to considering a large number of reports from its subsidiary bodies, the Council was to review the general world economic situation, discuss the economic development of under-developed countries, including methods of financing, consider Council relations with inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, and survey forced labor and the problem of trade union rights and freedom of association. Hernan Santa Cruz (Chile) was elected to the presidency of the Council by acclamation.

scholarly journals Microfinance in less developed countries: history, progress, present – charity or business?

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 467-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Srnec ◽  
E. Svobodová
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Less Developed Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scientific Periodicals

This paper describes the development of micro-financial activities in less developed countries in the world. The history of this development is divided into four periods with their short characteristics. Currently, the main questions in each period are highlighted and discussed by experts in microfinance. In the past, these problems were published in many scientific periodicals. It concerns mainly opinions, as for example, if the influence of microfinance on poverty reduction is overestimated, or on the other hand, the analysis related to the position of informal and formal micro-financial institutions, their development and acceleration of transformation, the influence of non-governmental organizations etc. At present, there is discussed the question of the preference – the model of ‘charity’ or ‘business’, which is mainly related to the fourth, current development period. For these reasons, this question is intensively focused and analysed. The conclusion of this paper concerns just this area which is fundamentally related to the future development of microfinance as a factor of poverty reduction in the less economically developed regions in the world.

EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP: ASPECTS AND APPROACHES

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
JAVED ALAM SHEIKH
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
World Population ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Map ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status

Almost 50 per cent of the world population is constituted by the women and they have been making substantial contribution to socio-economic development. But, unfortunately their tremendous contribution remains unrecognized and unnoticed in most of the developing and least developed countries causing the problem of poverty among them. Empowering women has become the key element in the development of an economy. With women moving forward, the family moves, the village moves and the nation moves. Hence, improving the status of women by way of their economic empowerment is highly called for. Entrepreneurship is a key tool for the economic empowerment of women around the world for alleviating poverty. Entrepreneurship is now widely recognized as a tool of economic development in India also. In this paper I have tried to discuss the reasons and role of Women Entrepreneurship with the help of Push and Pull factors. In the last I have also discussed the problems and the road map of Women Entrepreneurs development in India.

Features of economic development of entrepreneurship in suburban areas of the region

2020 ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Viktoriya Bondarenko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Market ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
The World

The level of economic development of entrepreneurship in any country in the world is crucial in increasing the competitiveness of the national economy in the world market of goods and services. The activities of economic entities are the driving force for the sustainable development of regions and their suburban areas, and they also impact the welfare of population. The article dwells on the analysis of scientific approaches to the regulation of economic development of enterprises in suburban areas of the region. The article analyzes the scientific approaches to the regulation of economic development of enterprises in suburban areas of the region. According to the well-known classics of the fundamental economic theory of entrepreneurship development (A. Smith, D. Ricardo, V. Laungard, A. Loria) the peculiarities of economic development of entrepreneurship in suburban territories of the region are determined by the possibility of distribution of surplus production, minimum production costs per unit of production, availability of labor resources. In modern economic theory (M. Weber, A. Pre, S.M. Kimelberg, E. Williams, C. Vlachou, O. Iakovidou, J. van Dijk, P. Pellenbarg) the development of entrepreneurship in suburban areas of the region can be determined by institutional, innovation, technological, social, ecological and other features of the economy at the regional, state or world levels. The complex and comprehensive generalization of the features of economic development of entrepreneurship in suburban areas is proposed. There are (1) the type of decision taken by an enterprise to carry out business activities in the relevant suburban area of the region, and (2) the influence of internal and external factors on economic activity. The article argues that large enterprises are guided by more objective decision-making reasons, attaching the most importance to the physical and innovative environment. Medium and small enterprises are mainly focused on getting benefits for the entrepreneur in the short-term time period and location in the nearest geographic area. The attention was paid to the tools of ensuring economic development of entrepreneurship in suburban areas of the region, taking into account institutional changes in the national economy and the experience of developed countries of the world.

scholarly journals The Role of Donor Agencies in Promoting Standardized Project Management in the Spanish Development Non-Government Organizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1490
Author(s):  
Agustín Moya-Colorado ◽  
Nina León-Bolaños ◽  
José L. Yagüe-Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
International Development ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Funding Mechanisms ◽  
Donor Agencies

Project management is an autonomous discipline that is applied to a huge diversity of activity sectors and that has evolved enormously over the last decades. International Development Cooperation has incorporated some of this discipline’s tools into its professional practice, but many gaps remain. This article analyzes donor agencies’ project management approaches in their funding mechanisms for projects implemented by non-governmental organizations. As case study, we look at the Spanish decentralized donor agencies (Spanish autonomous communities). The analysis uses the PM2 project management methodology of the European Commission, as comparison framework, to assess and systematize the documentation, requirements, and project management tools that non-governmental organizations need to use and fulfill as a condition to access these donors’ project funding mechanisms. The analysis shows coincidence across donors in the priority given to project management areas linked to the iron triangle (scope, cost, and time) while other areas are mainly left unattended. The analysis also identifies industry-specific elements of interest (such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals) that need to be incorporated into project management practice in this field. The use of PM2 as benchmark provides a clear vision of the project management areas that donors could address to better support their non-governmental organization-implemented projects.

The Great Eastern Crisis (1875–1878) as a global humanitarian moment

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Adrian Ruprecht
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Colonial India ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Spread ◽  
Global Movement

Abstract This article explores the global spread of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement to colonial India. By looking at the Great Eastern Crisis (1875–78) and the intense public ferment the events in the Balkans created in Britain, Switzerland, Russia and India, this article illustrates how humanitarian ideas and practices, as well as institutional arrangements for the care for wounded soldiers, were appropriated and shared amongst the different religious internationals and pan-movements from the late 1870s onwards. The Great Eastern Crisis, this article contends, marks a global humanitarian moment. It transformed the initially mainly European and Christian Red Cross into a truly global movement that included non-sovereign colonial India and the Islamic religious international. Far from just being at the receiving end, non-European peoples were crucial in creating global and transnational humanitarianism, global civil society and the world of non-governmental organizations during the last third of the nineteenth century.

Do Development and Democracy Positively Affect Gender Equality in Cabinets?

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN HÖGSTRÖM
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Positive Effect

AbstractIt has been argued that economic development and democracy create new opportunities and resources for women to access political power, which should increase gender equality in politics. However, empirical evidence from previous research that supports this argument is mixed. The contribution of this study is to expand the research on gender equality in politics through an in-depth examination of the effect of development and democracy on gender equality in cabinets. This has been completed through separate analyses that include most of the countries in the world across three levels of development (least-developed, developing, and developed) and across different types of political regimes (democracies, royal dictatorships, military dictatorships, and civilian dictatorships). The results demonstrate that economic development and democracy only affect gender equality in cabinets positively in a few environments. Accordingly, the context is important and there seem to be thresholds before development and democracy have any effect. Development has a positive effect in developed countries and in democracies, but it has a negative effect in dictatorships, and the negative effect is strongest in military dictatorships. The level of democracy has a positive effect mainly in dictatorships, and the strongest effect is in civilian dictatorships. The article demonstrates the importance of dividing samples into subsets to increase understanding of what affects women's representation in cabinets in different environments, and I ask scholars to subset samples and run separate analyses more often in comparative studies.

A typology of social change agendas in Australian arts organizations and NGOs

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Brydie-Leigh Bartleet ◽  
Gillian Howell
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Arts Organizations ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
Creative Artists

An increasing number of creative artists, arts organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are working on socially-engaged initiatives that aim to bring about positive change in communities. Examples of outstanding arts practices can be found throughout the world; however, there are major gaps in our understanding about how this work operates. Drawing on insights from 100 Australian arts organizations and NGOs working in this field, this article aims to address some of these gaps. It outlines a typology of change agendas in these organizations, in order to advance a deeper understanding of this field and inform future research, practice and policy.

Women in Southern Africa: A Note on the Zimbabwean “Success Story”

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-28
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Made ◽  
Nyorovai Whande
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
African Women ◽  
Women's Clubs ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Center Stage ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common

Five years ago, women in Africa moved to the center stage of the continent. The U.N. Decade for Women Conference held in Nairobi brought together women from all over the world to exchange ideas and discuss future strategies. African women turned out for the meeting in force. Women representing governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and grass-roots women's clubs converged on Nairobi to tell their story to other women in the common struggle for equality, justice and peace.

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