The world is in a crisis, and many entities have offered assistance, including money and amenities. Most assistance comes through non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Governments find themselves in a quandary on how to handle NGOs to ensure the best possible outcomes (Heiss & Kelley, 2017). This memorandum evaluates the impact of NGOs to establish the nature and level of regulation that governments should put in place. Governments should use a careful balancing act to limit the regulation of NGOs while still ensuring that NGO activities serve the best interests of the nation. This study aims to prove that during the COVID-19 crisis, governments need to strike a balance between trying to regulate NGOs and allowing them room to mitigate the crisis. According to Dupuy et al. (2016), government interference with NGO activities limits the effectiveness of NGOs. However, giving NGOs free rein might cause challenges as some may have negative agendas. The world is facing a health crisis of monumental proportions leading to loss of life and human suffering. The health crisis has precipitated a potential economic catastrophe (Carlsson-Szlezak et al., 2020). Available research shows that governments need to allow room for NGOs to operate, more so during a crisis. Overregulation of NGOs disenchants donors and also hampers the activities of NGOs (Dupuy et al., 2016). Currently, the world faces a crisis where thousands of people are dying daily. The economic catastrophe may also precipitate deaths due to a lack of basic needs (Carlsson-Szlezak et al., 2020). However, when governments allow the free rein of NGOs, this may also be perilous as NGOs may have negative agendas designed by their sponsors, and these agendas may destabilize nations, leading to potential loss of life (Deloffre, 2016; Daubanes & Rochet, 2019). The government should limit but not eliminate regulation on NGOs. The nature of the activities of the NGO should determine the level of regulation the NGO gets. For example, NGOs that provide food and medical supplies should get as little regulation as possible as they are saving lives. However, NGOs that make inferences to the economy should face some regulation as their activities have a lasting impact on the communities and nation at large.
References
Carlsson-Szlezak, P., Reeves, M., & Swartz, P. (2020, April 3). Understanding the Economic Shock of Coronavirus. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2020/03/understanding-the-economic-shock-of-coronavirus
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Heiss, A., & Kelley, J. (2017). Between a rock and a hard place: International NGOs and the dual pressures of donors and host governments. The Journal of Politics, 79 (2), 732-741.
