After 60 years of development it’s time for INGOs to ask some difficult questions about what power they need to devolve It’s highly unlikely that corporate bosses regularly ask themselves if their businesses occupy a lawful to exist. Their goal is to sell stuff and make a profit. But if your goal is to alleviate poverty and human suffering – in the face of statistics showing mixed outcomes – is this,in fact, the most critical question an International NGO can ask of themselves?At the BOND conference final week, and in a session entitled How can INGOs survive the future,Penny Lawrence, the deputy CEO of Oxfam stated bluntly: “we need to earn the lawful to outlive the future.” It is like the sector’s very own Damascene moment.
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Source: theguardian.com