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Obstacles to progress

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2001-2002. NGOs in Australia, Finland, Norway and Sweden all saw similar increases in
official funding from the early 1980s onwards.

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Today 40% of NGOs working in Kenya are foreign. “

"NGOS IN AFRICA: A TAINTED HISTORY," 370
New African Magazine. (March 2018)

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“ NGOs' levels of capacity and operating environments vary significantly between

countries and even within countries...
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From the more than 350,000 NGOs registered between 1997–2005 in Kenya to the mere
150 currently registered at the national level in Mozambique, NGO sectors in each of the

nineteen countries surveyed in the Index are products of unique historical, geographic,
economic and cultural factors.

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Few African NGOs are able to generate significant income by pursuing economic

activities, charging fees for services, or collecting membership dues, and individual and
corporate philanthropy tends to be weak, although CBOs and faith-based organizations

often benefit from remittances from abroad and individual donations. Government
contracting of NGOs is very limited, and often impeded by bureaucracy and corruption.
As a result, in most countries NGOs are primarily dependent on foreign donors for

funding, and in many cases this has led to donors' dictation of NGOs' priorities.
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Still, the services that NGOs provide, in Liberia for example, are often determined by
donor priorities rather than community priorities or needs.

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In Sierra Leone, NGOs that provide services feel limited by their role as subcontractors
for international NGOs. “

USAID : 2009 NGO SUSTAINABILITY INDEX for Sub-Saharan Africa 371

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