by Alnoor Ebrahim - Publications - Faculty & Research

Relationships between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies have been variously described in the nonprofit literature as cooperative, complementary, adversarial, confrontational, or even co-optive. But how do NGO-government relationships emerge... View Details

Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Housing; Corporate Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Change Management; Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Non-Governmental Organizations; Accommodations Industry; Mumbai

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2007
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Accountability in Complex Organizations: World Bank Responses to Civil Society

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz

Civil society actors have been pushing for greater accountability of the World Bank for at least three decades. This paper outlines the range of accountability mechanisms currently in place at the World Bank along four basic levels: (1) staff, (2) project, (3) policy,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Community Relations; Social Enterprise; Motivation and Incentives

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How Does Accountability Affect Mission? The Case of a Nonprofit Serving Immigrants and Refugees

By: Rachel Christensen and Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Refugees; Demography

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23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

misconceptions distort the popular understanding of U.S. multinationals in China. In this paper, we seek to correct four common misunderstandings by providing a statistical portrait of several aspects of U.S. affiliate activity in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2009 (Revised May 2010)
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The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan

A U.S. government agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), provides aid to developing countries, focusing on poverty reduction through economic growth. It measures results through an economic rate of return based on increases in farmer incomes anticipated... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Investment Return; Measurement and Metrics; Welfare; Ghana; United States

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24 Feb 2009
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market-type dispersion by decentralizing operations from headquarters to their stores, and, to a weaker extent, by providing higher variable pay to their store managers. Placing the Normative Logics of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
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Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan

Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in Kenya. The organization's investment committee and its... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Social Enterprise; Financial Services Industry; Kenya

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2010
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Civil Society - Business Relations

By: James E. Austin and Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Civil Society or Community; Business and Community Relations; Business Ventures; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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2010
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The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan

Leaders of organizations in the social sector are under growing pressure to demonstrate their impacts on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. We review the debates around performance and impact, drawing on three literatures: strategic philanthropy,... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Expectations; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues

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30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

"second-generation" perspective on accountability that is interpretive and culturally embedded. How Does Accountability Affect Mission? The Case of a Nonprofit Serving Immigrants and Refugees Authors:R. Christensen and Alnoor S.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The Limits of Measuring Social Impact

The Robin Hood Foundation (TN)

Institutional Preconditions to Collaboration: Indian Forest and Irrigation Policy in Historical Perspective

Accountability Myopia: Losing Sight of Organizational Learning

What Impact? Resist Taking Credit for Results You Can't Achieve

A Call for Participatory Decision Making: Discussion Paper on World Bank-Civil Society Engagement

The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana

Energy Pricing and Groundwater Use

Learning Processes in Development Planning: A Theoretical Overview and Case Study

The World Bank and Democratic Accountability: The Role of Civil Society

Strategies and Tactics in NGO-Government Relations: Insights from Slum Housing in Mumbai

Accountability in Complex Organizations: World Bank Responses to Civil Society

How Does Accountability Affect Mission? The Case of a Nonprofit Serving Immigrants and Refugees

First Look: October 23, 2007

The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana

First Look: February 24, 2009

Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A)

Civil Society - Business Relations

The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance

First Look: October 31, 2006