Abstract

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.

摘要

本文研究了非政府发展组织 (NGDO) 如何在欧盟非洲紧急信托基金 (EUTF) 的情况下平衡其道德和组织/财务激励措施。EUTF 成立于 2015 年，旨在通过解决非洲移民的“根本原因”来支持欧盟 (EU) 的移民政策。本文通过对出版物和新闻稿的定性文本分析来分析 NGDO 如何对 EUTF 做出反应，并发现 NGDO 对 EUTF 的基本叙述、目标和实施提出了高度批评。他们的立场与支持和赋予全球穷人权力的既定道德愿景密切相关。尽管处于这一关键位置，许多 NGDO 作为项目实施者还是从 EUTF 中获得了经济利益。对 NGDO 参与 EUTF 项目的决定因素的回归分析表明，NGDO 在很大程度上避免了 EUTF 更具争议的移民管理项目，而主要关注在当地社区建立复原力和支持改善穷人生活和权利的项目在非洲。EUTF 的案例表明，NGDO 大多实践他们所宣扬的东西，虽然他们没有放弃 EUTF，但他们也没有让经济激励完全支配他们的行动。