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When asked whether international aid contributes to social justice, only 32% responded positively, while the remainder chose no. MAS 2009 Donor Straw Poll In order to supplement our quantitative survey, MAS approached donors with a follow-up straw poll. These brief surveys were given anonymously to international aid agency employees who were asked to respond according to their opinions, as opposed to the position of their organization. It should be noted that this survey was not of adequate size, 30 people, to be taken as more than indicative. It should also be noted that we expect many of the responses to have been affected by the recent war on the Gaza Strip, especially the question asking about the need for aid based on geography. The table below shows aid workers’ perceptions of the sectors most in need of international funding in the final opinion column. The columns 2006 – 2008 represent the actual disbursements of international aid by sector as captured in our survey. Table 2: International Donor Worker Perceptions versus Organizational Trends by Sector Sector 2006 2007 2008 Opinion Children’s Activities 2.31% 2.74% 3.73% 1.4% Charity & Relief 5.21% 4.04% 8.88% 2.9% Elderly Care 0.22% 1% Family Planning 0.53% 0.08% 1.70% 1.9% Liberal Arts Education 5.40% 6.22% 8.25% 1.9% Rural Development 10.93% 15.88% 10.17% 14.8% Water and Environment 5.47% 2.38% 3.51% 15.2% Health Services 18.74% 15.45% 14.72% 5.7% Research 2.05% 1.26% 3.00% 1% Disabled Care 5.05% 4.68% 3.83% 1% Vocational Training 2.85% 2.04% 3.06% 4.8% Religious Activities 0.03% Scientific Education 1.87% 4.28% 2.61% 4.8% Women’s Affairs 7.29% 8.97% 7.99% 10% Human Rights 10.21% 10.83% 10.60% 15.7% Enhancing Democracy 6.65% 4.81% 3.58% 3.8% Good Governance 8.73% 9.32% 7.84% 14.1% Youth and Sports 2.66% 1.64% 1.54% 1.9% Other 4.04% 5.35% 4.78% Total 100% 100% 100% 100% Note: Of the 30 international aid workers given the survey, 29 returned completed questionnaires. Empty Cells are equal to 0% and numbers for the opinions are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. The most dramatic differences between international agency worker perceptions and the reality on the ground are in the sectors of Charity and Relief, Water, Health, Liberal Arts Education, Human Rights and Good Governance. If worker perceptions were to become reality in 2009, Charity and relief would decrease by nearly 2/3, as would funds to the Health Sector. Water would nearly quintuple its funding while Human rights would increase by a third. Other sectors that international workers would emphasize more than their organizations were: Youth, Governance, Democracy, Women, Scientific Education, Rural Development, Vocational Training and Elderly Care. Other sectors that these workers would de-emphasize were: Children’s Activities, Liberal Arts, Research and Disabled Care. 5 For more analysis on this subject, see: Brynen 1995; Hanafi and Tabar 2004, 2005; Said 2005; and Taylor 1997. 84
Table 3: International Donor Worker Perceptions versus Organizational Trends by Target Population Target Population/Year 2006 2007 2008 Opinion Urban 33.8% 37.4% 38.0% 17.8% Rural 41.1% 42.2% 41.0% 43.3% Refugee 25.1% 20.4% 21.0% 38.9% Note: Of the 30 international aid workers given the survey, 28 returned completed questionnaires. International worker perceptions are closely aligned to the overall funding trends when it comes to targeting urban populations. However, opinions and reality are almost the opposite when it comes to funding Refugee versus Urban populations, with workers noticeably favoring the former over the latter. Table 4: International Donor Worker Perceptions versus Organizational Trends by Governorate Governorate 2006 2007 2008 Opinions Nablus 3.4% 2.4% 1.2% 4.1% Tulkarm 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 2.1% Qalqilya 2.8% 2.3% 3.0% 7.7% Jenin 0.6% 0.9% 0.8% 4.6% Tubas 0.1% 0.3% 4.6% Salfit 1.8% 2.1% 2.0% 4.1% N WB 17.7% 17.4% 17.2% -- Ramallah-Bireh 6.9% 6.7% 5.3% 0.5% Jerusalem 1.9% 2.9% 2.9% 11.8% Jericho 1.3% 0.6% 3.0% C WB 20.8% 19.0% 21.4% -- Bethlehem 0.7% 1.8% 1.8% 0.5% Hebron 3.1% 2.4% 1.5% 15.4% S WB 15.8% 17.0% 17.4% -- Northern GS 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 2.6% Gaza City 1.7% 5.1% 0.8% 11.3% Dier Al Balah 0.2% 0.1% 3.6% Khan Younis 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 8.7% Rafah 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 15.4% Gaza Strip 21.5% 17.2% 22.7% -- Total 100% 100% 100% 100% Note: Of the 30 international aid workers given the survey, 24 returned completed questionnaires. Empty Cells are equal to 0% and numbers for the opinions are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. The numbers on governorates collected in our quantitative survey were not sufficient to measure against our qualitative survey. However, trends can be identified. The perception of Ramallah in terms of its need for international aid is much lower than reality. On the other hand, Hebron, Jerusalem and almost the whole of the Gaza Strip are perceived as needing much more assistance than they are currently allocated. 85
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Foreword Palestinian Non-Government
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Acknowledgements This publication a
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3.10 The European Union Funding to
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Acronyms AFESD - Arab Fund for Econ
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Executive Summary Between 1999 and
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Due to the fact that the donors sam
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Year # of NGOs Returning data Table
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institutions, we looked to the annu
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Western support to the PNGO sector,
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Strip. In the West Bank, President
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Figure 3: Commitments versus Disbur
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Figure 6: Percentage of the Externa
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Table 6: Twenty Largest Donors to t
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2.2.6.4 External Aid per capita in
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Table 9: Sector Working Groups and
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2.3.4 The Question of Ownership in
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The Subsector Breakdown of the PRDP
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3.1.2 External Aid to PNGOs as a Pe
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Figure 15: Number of Registered NGO
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