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in that while it is technically a Southern NGO, it is considered the largest NGO in the
world, and the most well funded, with a vast catalogue of social enterprises, government
of Bangladesh Funding and Foreign Government grants for its mainly MDG-type

development agenda.

According to a study by Global to Local "The issue of large salary differences between
local and international NGOs/agencies 22 have a direct negative impact on capacity and

capacity building for local organisations – not least when it comes to crucial staff
positions such as project and finance staff. Continuously building the capacity of their

staff, just to see them leave for better-paid positions with INGOs and UN agencies (their
so-called partners) is an uphill battle for local actors. One that continues to keep them
locked into an 'underdog' position vis-à-vis international actors. This kind of continuous

"brain drain" is global."

99.1%
These studies also show that a record 99.1% of NGOs in the Global South (that is nearly

all of them) are working on a sub-grant basis by the International NGOs, meaning they
effectively do not have an agenda of their own and must conform to what is known in the

Development Sector as "Shifts in Donor Interests"

$300,000
The size of a project beyond which most European Governments require Southern Civil

Society Organization to receive funding through a European NGO, and must have a
European Staff to oversee all or part of the leadership of the project, paid for by the grant,
at European Rates. This not only significantly depletes the resources available to the

Southern Civil Society to implement projects, but forces to recruit European staff with
discrepancy pay while deliberately undermining the ability of local organizations to build

their capacity.

"How NGOs in Rich Countries Control Their Counterparts in Poor Countries.. 181
and Why They Refuse to Resolve It,"
NGO Watch. (July 2019)

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But it is hard to know exactly how much money has been spent by NGOs and where it

goes. One of the biggest criticisms of these organisations is that their funding is opaque
and their impact is hard to measure.

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