Predictors of Capacity-Building Needs Among Nongovernmental Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| Authors: | Mathieu R. Despard Rhoda Nanre Nafziger-Mayegun Bernice Adjabeng |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;2. Linking the Youth of Nigeria through Exchange, Lagos, Nigeria;3. School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
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| Abstract: | Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play important roles in social development in the Global South. However, little evidence exists concerning NGOs’ capacity-building needs. We sought to understand organizational and network factors that explain capacity-building needs. Using an online survey of 282 NGOs in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, we found high levels of capacity-building need, particularly concerning resource development. Using multivariate analyses, we found greater staff size predicted less overall capacity-building need based on a 15-item index (α = .88). Examining individual capacities, receiving at least half of funding from international sources and prior capacity-building assistance were consistent predictors of lower odds of capacity-building need. |
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| Keywords: | Nongovernmental organizations organizational development capacity-building resource development funding |
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