Do Sector Wide Approaches for health aid delivery lead to 'donor-flight'? A comparison of 46 low-income countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-46

  Sweeney, Rohan ^a   Mortimer, Duncan ^a   Johnston, David W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aid coordination; Aid harmonisation; Developing countries; Development assistance for health; Health financing; Official development assistance; Sector wide approach

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; INTERNATIONAL AID; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECTOR WIDE APPROACH;

AID COORDINATION; AID HARMONISATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR HEALTH; HEALTH FINANCING; OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE; SECTOR WIDE APPROACH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS;

EID: 84896840536     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.026     Document Type: Article

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