Editing Non-governmental organization (section)

=== Staffing ===
Some NGOs rely on paid staff while others are based on [[Volunteering|volunteers]]. Although many NGOs use international staff in developing countries, others rely on local employees or volunteers. Foreign staff may satisfy a [[Donation|donor]] who wants to see the supported project managed by a person from an [[Developed country|industrialized country]]. The expertise of these employees (or volunteers) may be counterbalanced by several factors, such as; the cost of [[Alien (law)|foreigners]] is typically higher, they have no [[grassroots democracy|grassroots connections]] in the country, and local expertise may be undervalued.<ref name="definition" /> By the end of 1995, [[Concern Worldwide]] (an international anti-poverty NGO) employed 174 foreigners and just over 5,000 local staff in [[Haiti]] and ten developing countries in Africa and Asia.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

On average, employees in NGOs earn 11-12% less compared to employees of for-profit organizations and government workers with the same number of qualifications .<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Preston|first1=Anne E.|last2=Sacks|first2=Daniel W.|title=Nonprofit Wages: Theory and Evidence|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781849803526.00017|journal=Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management|year=2010|doi=10.4337/9781849803526.00017|isbn=9781849803526|hdl=10419/161194|hdl-access=free}}</ref> However, in many cases NGOs employees receive more fringe benefits.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ben-Ner|first1=Avner|last2=Ren|first2=Ting|last3=Paulson|first3=Darla Flint|date=13 April 2010|title=A Sectoral Comparison of Wage Levels and Wage Inequality in Human Services Industries|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764010365012|journal=Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly|volume=40|issue=4|pages=608–633|doi=10.1177/0899764010365012|s2cid=1222873|issn=0899-7640}}</ref>