Ngo Performance - What Breeds Success?

Section 1 Introduction: aims and context of the study; methods and hypotheses; basic data. Section 2 Results: impact - impact in relation to programme objective, impact on assets, social organisation, claim-making, and confidence, patterns of discrimination, impact on policy and practice; sustainability - financial sustainability, organisational sustainability; cost-effectiveness; summary - impact, sustinability and cost-effectiveness. Section 3 Possible explanations: context - economic factors, political factors, social and cultural factors, SCF's influence; organisational choices - goals and strategies, clarity goals, linking goals and strategies, balancing material and social development, getting the basics right, scaling up; learning and accountability; linkages; culture, structure, leadership and decision-making; human resources - who they are and where they come from, how they are used in the organisation, how often they move or change roles, how they are trained or given opportunities for personal development; summary; conclusions - the balance between internal and external influences, NGOs - what breeds success? the role of SCF and other donors. Section 4 Appendices: methods; calculation of costs and benefits; explanatory documentation supplied to agencies; approaches to work in south Asia - framework of questions; the wider organisational setting; organisation timelines x 4.