This paper asks whether nonprofit organization can have a positive rationale in an economy based on the division of labor, taking into account that the process of the division of labor occurs through profit-motivated economic behavior. By reconsidering existing economic theories of nonprofit...

Many governments and nongovernmental organizations have adopted policies to promote the growth of microfinance institutions (MFIs). The appropriate level and form of support for MFIs are discussed in this paper on the basis of a review of key MFI characteristics. Governments are also responsible...

How could we explain that the Societé Coopérative d?Intérêt Collectif (public interest coops), set up by a recent law in 2001, did not turn out the way expected? Even though in France a lot of actors supported and asked for the constitution of a ?social enterprise?, only a hundred SCIC or so...

The paper questions the viewpoint of the property rights theorists that nondistribution constraint makes nonprofit firms particularly prone to managerial shirking. The possibility that utility maximized by nonprofit managers corresponds to their firms’ missions is justified by the inability of...

Reviews the coordination mechanisms and structures for crisis response and reconstruction available within the UN system and elsewhere. Highlights the coordination challenge facing the ILO in tackling the adverse impact of crises on employment. Explores reasons behind the need for coordination...

Examines the role of ILO technical assistance in strengthening social dialogue and integrating decent work into the poverty reduction process in Cambodia. Assesses the current participatory process among the social partners and proposes strategies for the promotion of decent work, improving...

The Great East Japan Earthquake left the unprecedented damage widely on the north-east prefectures in Japan. There were innumerable nonprofit organizations held the voluntary emergency relief activities in the damaged areas. To aid the victims, magnificent giving was donated from all over the...

The paper explores the way the work of classic institutionalist authors can inform modern nonprofit economics. From the Veblenian perspective, nonprofit organization is explained as an institutional consequence of the pecuniary-industrial dichotomy. The Ayresian theoretical system is used to...

In all parts of the world, nonprofit organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their congruence with the public interest through the use of effective accountability mechanisms. The paper clarifies the nature of nonprofit accountability by distinguishing between the substantive...