Governance in Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Sector in Nepal: A Case Study of NGOs in Dang District of Nepal
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2022
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Department of Management
Abstract
Good governance is one of the heated topics in the 21
st
century, and it is vital for the
organization’s sustainability. This research was conducted to assess good governance
in NGOs based in the Dang district in Nepal. At present, NGO culture is booming in
Nepal but with limited sustainable impact on the lives of community beneficiaries and
employees. Thus the rationale behind this research is to assess management practice
in NGOs and evaluate its effectiveness in instituting good governance in its working
modality. The research focuses on four main elements of good governance, i.e.,
Accountability, Transparency, the Rule of Law, and Participation. The quantitative
approach and descriptive statistics were adopted to assess good governance. A simple
random sampling technique selected 113 respondents from 14 NGOs in the Dang
district. The local field enumerators were used to conduct the questionnaire survey,
followed by online meetings with the executive members of each selected NGO. The
research data were further analyzed using statistical software. The result shows that
most respondents were optimistic regarding their organization’s management
practice and knew the importance of good governance. The correlation and
regression analysis further reflect that all elements positively correlated with good
governance. However, accountability and the rule of law were significantly correlated
with good governance. Hence, along with strengthening current practices, the NGOs
must focus on enhancing transparency and increasing participation from the
community beneficiaries to institute sustainable good governance.
Keywords: Good governance, accountability, transparency, participation, the rule of
law, NGO
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Non-Governmental organization, Good governance, Transparency,, Accountability