Research Context

This page includes background documents about the topic of pay fairness in the international aid an development sector

Four key research articles based on Project ADDUP’s research into the impact of pay systems on workers:

Carr, S.C., McWha, I., MacLachan, M., Furnham, A. (2010) International-local remuneration differences accros six countries: Do they undermine povery reduction work?, International Journal of Psychology, 45:5, 321-340

Marai, L., Kewibu, V., Kinkin, E., Peniop, J.P., Salini, C., Kofana, G. (2010) Remuneration disparities in Oceania: Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, International Journal of Psychology, 45:5, 350-359

Munthali, A., Matagi, L., Tumwebaze, C. (2010) Remuneration discrepancies in the landlocked economies of Malaŵi and Uganda, International Journal of Psychology, 45:5, 341-349

Zhou, E., Lu, Z., Li, X., Li, T., Papola, T.S.,Pais, J., Pratim Sahu, P. (2010) Remuneration differences in the emerging economies of China and India, International Journal of Psychology, 45:5, 360-370

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Project ADDUP is the parent project of Project FAIR. It explored the impact of aid salary discrepancies across six countries: Malawi, Uganda, India, China, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Details of this project can be found here: http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-of-psychology/research/poverty/add-up/add-up_home.cfm

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A CHS Alliance blog post by Project FAIR PI Ishbel McWha-Hermann on the topic of pay fairness in the humanitarian and development sector: http://chsalliance.org/news-events/blog/fair-pay