... its primary insights from in-depth interviews and focus groups with non-governmental organization (NGO) fieldworkers working and delivering development aid in Northern Ghana. It analyses inductively the perspectives of fieldworkers to explain their experiences of upward accountability. Findings...

... services, this cooperative SC “glue” can involve communities in ways that enhance the outcomes of social programs. Deryl Northcott can be contacted at: deryl.northcott@aut.ac.nz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Non‐governmental organizations Developing countries Uganda Social...

... initiatives in recent years, the Equator Principles. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on a combination of in‐depth interviews with non‐governmental organization (NGO) leaders, extensive documentary analysis and participant observation in order to understand and explain, from an NGO perspective...

... Limited 2007 Non‐governmental organizations Financing Partnership Ireland Given a historical short‐term, functional accountability fixation in DCI and among many funded NGDOs, MAPS was widely seen as a risky attempt to re‐orient NGDO accountability. It was also viewed as innovative...

...; augments theoretical work on photographs in accountability literature; and expands the empirical literature on the interpretation of photographs in accounting and accountability statements. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Non‐governmental organizations Communication Annual reports...

...Jeffrey Unerman; Brendan O'Dwyer; Rob Gray; Jan Bebbington; David Collison Purpose The purpose of this research is to seek to understand and explain the non‐governmental organisation (NGO) and its location in civil society in order to provide a basis for future research work. The paper aims...

...Jeffrey Unerman; Brendan O'Dwyer; Anne Loft; Christopher Humphrey; Stuart Turley Purpose IFAC, a Swiss‐registered non‐governmental organization, is emerging as an important international (auditing) standard setter amongst a powerful group of regulators, including the World Bank, the International...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Non‐governmental organizations Advocacy Society A key purpose of corporate accountability mechanisms is to hold managers of organisations accountable for the social, environmental and economic outcomes (or impacts) arising from the actions (policies...

... translated into heightened pressure and stresses on both the non‐governmental organisation (NGO) and its loan officers, which constrain overall accountabilities to other stakeholders and disguise other potential dysfunctions. Research limitations/implications This study focussed on accountability...

.... Andrew Goddard is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: arg2@soton.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Non‐governmental organizations Accounting Regulation Culture Tanzania This paper investigates the accounting phenomenon in NGOs in Tanzania. NGOs have...

...Jeffrey Unerman; Brendan O'Dwyer; Jeffrey Unerman; Brendan O'Dwyer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to set out key issues in the academic study of non‐governmental organisation (NGO) accountability, and to introduce papers appearing in this special issue on NGO accountability. Design...