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Obstacles to progress

Distortions

“ The non-profit sector continues to grow rapidly in Africa and around the world. In South
Africa alone, there are more than 100,000 registered non-profit organisations and in

Kenya the number of NGOs grew by over 400% between 1997 and 2006. “
"The Role of NGOs in Africa: Are They a Force for Good?" 367
The Conversation. (April 2017)
Matthews, Sally.
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NGO Funding
“ For the few years, Dan Brockington of the Sheffield Institute for International

Development and Nicola Banks of GDI, have been engaged on an epic project to map UK
NGOs focused on development.The report, which tracked the finances and activities of
898 development NGOs based in England, Wales and Scotland, found:

The international development sector is thriving, growing and vibrant. It is earning more
money and new organisations are coming into being all the time, with 250 new

organisations being established since 2005.
The sector is highly unequal in terms of its allocation of resources, with eight per cent of

organisations in the survey controlling 88 per cent of expenditure.
The main source of the sector's growth and development is income from the public,
accounting for 40 per cent of all income. This is the single most important source of

funding and has been increasing in absolute terms.”
"In Conversation: Prof Dan Brockington and Dr Nicola Banks," 368
Global Development Institute Blog. (November 2017)

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“ Development NGOs based in Britain are spending just under £7bn reported in 2015.

This is equivalent to about half of total ODA expenditure by the British government..
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The largest organisation (the British Council) which spends more than £900million,
receives considerable support from the UK government.

Tens of millions are also contributed by DfID to development NGOs based in the UK
through partnership agreements.
The second largest, Save the Children International, with expenditure of over £600

million, includes funds raised from many international offices across the world.
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