The impact of foreign aid through NGOs on economic development in Gaza Strip (1993-2015)‎

Other Title(s)

أثر التمويل الأجنبي للمؤسسات الأهلية على التنمية الاقتصادية في قطاع غزة (1993-2015)‎

Dissertant

al-Shurafa, Ala Ali Raghib

Thesis advisor

Miqdad, Muhammad Ibrahim Husayn

Comitee Members

al-Nimruti, Khalil Ahmad Yusuf
Abu Jami, Nasim Hasan

University

Islamic University

Faculty

Faculty of Commerce

Department

Development Economics

University Country

Palestine (Gaza Strip)

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2016

English Abstract

Despite the fact that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip receive one of the highest levels of foreign aids in the world, the poverty, the unemployment level and inequality is increasing.

The aim of the study was to assess the impact of foreign aid through NGOs on economic development in Gaza Strip.

Also this research set out to answer the following questions, to what extent foreign aid contributed on the economic development in Gaza Strip.

The study was undertaken with selected respondents drawn from NGOs who work in the field of development.

Both qualitative and quantitative research approach were used.

Data were collected by structured questionnaire from a total of one hundred and fifty (150) respondents.

The study found that the majority of the respondents perceived foreign aid as political dominance tool rather than promoting economic development.

The study found out that most of the donor aided programs/ projects are imposed by foreign donors to serve their agenda and not relevant to national plans to combat poverty and reducing unemployment and inequality.

The foreign aided programs/ projects resources are not efficiently distributed and they are also unproductive, fragmented and uncoordinated to achieve economic development.

These donor-aided programs/ projects created dependency culture and a consumption mentality among the beneficiaries.

Further, most of the aided programs/ projects focus more on relief than development and most of them were unlikely to be sustained, as they were purely dependent and tagged to the foreign donors rather than the real needs of the poor people and unemployed.

Accordingly, the study concluded that to far extent there is no relationship between foreign aids and economic development.

Finally, the study recommends among other recommendations that collaborative approach should take place among the foreign donors, NGOs, government and other stakeholders to design the poverty and unemployment alleviation programs based on the real needs of the beneficiaries and in full compliance with the national economic development plans

Main Subjects

Economy and Commerce

No. of Pages

174

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-723756