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Practising what they preach? Development NGOs and the EU’s Emergency Trust Fund for Africa

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  • Balazs Szent-Ivanyi

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This article examines how non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs) balance their moral and organisational/financial incentives in the case of the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF). The EUTF was created in 2015 to support the European Union’s (EU’s) migration policy by addressing the ‘root causes’ of migration in Africa. The article analyses how NGDOs have reacted to the EUTF using qualitative textual analysis of publications and press releases, and finds that NGDOs have been highly critical of the EUTF’s underlying narrative, goals and implementation. Their positions align closely with the stated moral vision of supporting and empowering the global poor. Despite this critical position, many NGDOs have benefitted financially from the EUTF as project implementers. Regression analysis on the determinants of NGDO participation in EUTF projects reveals that NGDOs have largely avoided the more controversial migration management projects of the EUTF, and have focused mostly on projects that build resilience in local communities and support improving the lives and the rights of the poor in Africa. The case of the EUTF shows that NGDOs mostly practise what they preach, and while they did not abstain from the EUTF, they did not allow their financial incentives to fully dictate their actions either.

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  • Balazs Szent-Ivanyi, 2021. "Practising what they preach? Development NGOs and the EU’s Emergency Trust Fund for Africa," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(11), pages 2552-2571, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:42:y:2021:i:11:p:2552-2571
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2021.1964358
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    1. Kohnert, Dirk, 2022. "Sans billet retour pour le Rwanda ? Boris Johnson et Paul Kagame forgent des politiques migratoires inhumaines pour leur bénéfice mutuel [One-way ticket to Rwanda ? : Boris Johnson's cruel refugee ," MPRA Paper 113100, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Koch, Svea & Friesen, Ina & Keijzer, Niels, 2021. "EU development policy as a crisis-response tool? Prospects and challenges for linking the EU's COVID-19 response to the green transition," IDOS Discussion Papers 27/2021, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
    3. Kohnert, Dirk, 2022. "One-way ticket to Rwanda ? Boris Johnson's cruel refugee tactic meets Kagame's shady immigration handling," MPRA Paper 113099, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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