The Keystone Development Partnership Survey launched in 2010 with a survey of over 3,000 local partners of 28 international NGOs. Since then, another 32 INGOs have taken the survey, and over 10,000 local partners have been surveyed.
Jay Naidoo is founding General Secretary of Cosatu, former Minister in the Mandela Government and Chair of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). In his article, he argues that citizen engagement is essential for effective development, strengthening the quality of policymaking and the “science” of service delivery with improved social accountability. In order to increase[…]
Kai discusses Keystone’s What Investees Think report in his Latest from Alliance article. In it, he contrasts going to the gym with impact investing, concluding that in both, merely having the right intent is not enough.
Ken Berger, CEO of Charity Navigator and William Schambra, director of the Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal argue the pros and cons of emphasizing nonprofit outcomes metrics. Ken’s article is available here, and William’s is available here. Both are published through Nonprofit Quarterly.
David Bonbright speaks at the Citizen Voices: Global Conference On Citizen Engagement For Enhanced Development Results. The event held in Washington DC on 18 March was hosted by the World Bank in partnership with CIVICUS and InterAction. David Bonbright joined tech innovators, development specialists, government officials, academics, civil society representatives, World Bank staff and the private sector where experience[…]
If we want action – organizations listening and responding to their constituents in a way that raises performance and enhances impacts – we need to stimulate the demand for feedback and provide the professional support infrastructure to meet that demand. This raises a couple of important strategic questions in the field of what is coming[…]