2025/07/31 by Amick, Kristen L., Oumou Khairy Djim Sylla, Rashi Dua +12
#International Public Health #Medicine and Health Sciences #NGO accountability #Public Health #Social and Behavioral Sciences #accountability to affected populations #beneficiary accountability #community engagement #downward accountability #humanitarian aid accountability
paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/yrekh
Downward accountability, defined as being answerable to beneficiaries for actions and giving affected populations influence in aid processes, remains unstandardized and underinvested across the humanitarian sector. There are a number of accountability mechanisms utilized by humanitarian NGOs in LMICs, with varying degrees of effectiveness in providing true accountability to affected populations due to significant barriers or strengths in implementation. Our objective is to conduct a qualitative systematic review to investigate the various DA mechanisms employed by NGOs in LMICs, and to assess the effectiveness of these mechanisms in delivering DA for populations in low resource settings.