How can nonprofit organizations and NGOs demonstrate to resource providers, regulators and stakeholders that they are using their funds appropriately and delivering on their promises? This volume examines the emergence, design and effectiveness of accountability clubs as standard-setting...

Foreign aid contributes to about 10% of gross domestic product of developing countries. To deliver aid in recipient countries, western donors increasingly rely on non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet, since the mid-1990s, 39 developing countries have adopted laws restricting the inflow of...