English: Julian Parr is the Regional Manager South East Asia, Oxfam GB. He was interviewed by the Eugad project team in 2010.
NGO Limits
NGO limits are whether they have a strong voice. They are good at speaking on behalf of people but they are not democratic institutions in their own right. We do critique the government and the private sector but when it comes to our own internal structure, our own accountability and internal structure, we do not audit ourselves externally very well. I can say that we have good and robust programmes on the ground but that is because it is me saying it. But if I had the same response from Cocacola, BP, Shell or even government, I would be highly skeptical about their statistics. So, if we are going to hold other stakeholders and other sectors, the public sector to account, I think we ourselves have to be more transparent and honest about our structures.
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