Summary Of The White Man's Burden

Szporluk’s (2009) article on accountability and Easterly’s book titled, The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest have Done so Much Ill and so Little Good (as cited in Howe, 2009) place the majority of responsibility with the organization and those who are providing the service. Szporluck (2009) argues that INGOs should be accountable for the effectiveness of their clients and the communities that they work in, rather than the donors or the desires of governments.
Szporluk places some of the blame for poor accountability on the donors. He argues that donors should be more involved with their investments with ensuring that their money is being spent as agreed upon (2009). Szporluk explains the concept of “democratic accountability”