Socio-Economic And Training Programmes Towards The Socioeconomic Development Of Ngo Beneficiaries In Bangladesh
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Date
2015-01
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KHAN, MOHAMMAD AKTARUZZAMAN
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The huge and rapid growth of NGOs in Bangladesh imposes specific challenges on
the development philosophy, especially, in the socio-economic development (SED).
The development endeavours, by the local and international NGOs, though
seemingly focused effective, in practical not supported rather contested in some of
the research findings. Hence, the present study aims to examine the impact of their
development programmes on the development of beneficiaries. To accomplish this
aim, the study investigates the impact of three dimensions of socio-economic
programmes (health, education, and micro-credit) and four dimensions of training
programmes (reaction, learning, behaviour, and result) on NGO beneficiaries’ socioeconomic
development (income, nutrition, education, housing, disaster prevention,
and health). Grounded by the Human Capital Theory (HCT), the present research
proposed a framework linking the SEP, TP, and SED. A total of 300 NGO
beneficiaries of three leading NGOs representing the response rates of 78.53%
participated in the present study. Data for all variables were collected through selfadministered
survey questionnaires. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to
test the hypotheses posited in the present research using Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of the present study revealed empirical support
for the theoretical framework. The predictor variable, health, positively influenced
the outcome variables, such as nutrition, housing, and health. Education programme,
another predictor, also contributed to the beneficiaries’ education level, though,
micro-credit (as dimension of SEP) negatively influenced income and housing of
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NGO beneficiaries. On the other hand, all of the training dimensions negatively
influenced “income” whereas; most of the training dimensions have positive impact
on the rest of outcome variables. Training-reaction positively influenced disaster
prevention capacity of NGO beneficiaries. The results provide evidence that SEP and
TP, especially, health, education, reaction, and learning play important roles in
influencing NGO beneficiaries’ SED, which is in the line with human capital theory.
This study contributes to the body of knowledge with findings that the human capital
theory is applicable in the context of Bangladeshi-NGOs, particularly, in their socioeconomic
development programmes. The study confirms two theoretical
contributions: (1) the inclusion of micro-credit (predictor) in the HCT framework,
and (2) disaster prevention capacity (outcome) as a new socio-economic
development indicator. In methodological contribution, the study collected data from
beneficiaries' perspectives regarding their development despite the rhetoric of NGOs'
participatory development. Finally, the findings have managed to demonstrate the
superiority of non-economic aspects as compare to economic factor in developing the
socio-economic status of NGO beneficiaries in Bangladesh.
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Socio-Economic And Training Programmes Towards The Socioeconomic Development , Of Ngo Beneficiaries In Bangladesh