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1、08-041WhatDoNon-GovernmentalOrganizationsDo?EricD.WerkerFaisalZ.AhmedCopyright©2007byEricD.WerkerandFaisalZ.AhmedWorkingpapersareindraftform.Thisworkingpaperisdistributedforpurposesofcommentanddiscussiononly.Itmaynotbereproducedwithoutpermissionofthecopyrightholder.Copiesofworkingpapersarea
2、vailablefromtheauthor.1WhatDoNon-GovernmentalOrganizationsDo?EricWerkerandFaisalZ.AhmedMay2007Forthcoming:JournalofEconomicPerspectivesEricWerkerisanAssistantProfessorofBusinessAdministrationatHarvardBusinessSchool,Boston,Massachusetts.FaisalZ.AhmedisadoctoralstudentattheUniversityofChicago
3、.Theire-mailaddressesareand,respectively.2AtopacliffoverlookingLakeAlbertinwesternUganda,nearly20,000refugeesfromSudanandtheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongoinhabittheKyangwalirefugeesettlement.Drivenfromtheirhomelandbyconflictandhumanitariancrises,theserefu
4、geesgrowfood,attendschools,raiselivestock,andreplenishtreesinsidethesettlementandinthecommunitybeyond.ManyoftheserefugeeshavebeenlivinginUgandaforoveradecade(AAH,2006).WhilethesecurityandpropertyareprovidedbytheUgandangovernment,thewelfareoftherefugeesistheresponsibilityoftheUnitedNationsHi
5、ghCommissionerforRefugees,whichinturnallocatesapproximatelyone-thirdofits$1billionbudgettoits“implementingpartners,”ahandfulofnon-governmentalorganizations(NGOs)thatconductmanyoftheday-to-dayoperationsthatinterfacedirectlywiththerefugees(UnitedNations,2006).OneofthoseimplementingpartnersisA
6、ctionAfricaHealthInternational,anNGOthatspecializesin“chronicdisasters”withheadquartersinNairobiandafund-raisingentityinMunich.ActionAfricaHealthInternationalimplementsfooddistribution,agriculturalextension,environmentalmanagement,HIV/AIDSawareness,andrepatriationprogramsinKyangwaliandthesu
7、rroundingdistrict.ItsfundingcomesfromtheUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforRefugees;theWorldFoodProgramme,anotherUNagency;andBreadfortheWorld,aWashington,D.C.-basedChristianorganization.Thissceneiscarriedoutwithdifferentdonorsandbeneficiaries,anddifferentac
