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Author : Nisha Bellinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2025
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032725303
Author : NISHA. BELLINGER
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 103272529X
This ambitious and insightful book provides a unique regional perspective on health policy across South Asia, focussing on how the decentralization of policy and governance leads to differing health outcomes across countries in the region. The book will interest students and scholars of South Asia politics, Global Health and health policy.
Author : Imrana Qadeer,Kasturi Sen,K R Nayar
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015053137892
This volume examines the myriad factors responsible for the poor state of the health sector in South Asia. It blends theoretical critiques of health sector reforms with micro and macro data to offer insights into issues of public health.
Author : Abdo Yazbeck,David H. Peters
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0821355317
South Asia is a region of contrasts, with impressive technological achievements but also more than 40 percent of the world's poor. These contrasts are evident in the health sector, which demonstrates large variations in health, nutrition, and fertility outcomes.'Health Policy Research in South Asia' showcases some of the innovative qualitative and quantitative research methodologies being used in South Asia to provide empirical guidance for health sector reform and policy development. The four research areas presented are analysis of inequality, expenditure analysis, private sector analysis, and consumer and provider perspectives.Salient themes emerge from the 12 health policy research activities reviewed and emphasize the importance of strengthening local capacity and building ownership: • Governments can and should distribute subsidies in the health sector more efficiently and effectively. • The private sector, which dominates service delivery in most of South Asia, requires a different set of public sector policy instruments. • Informed consumers/citizens can and should play an important role in influencing health service delivery. • Empirical research can and should provide policymakers with some of the tools needed to improve and monitor the performance of the sector. This book will be of interest to health sector policymakers and analysts, to academics and students in public health and health economics, and to anyone with an interest in the impact ofhealth policy on development.
Author : Shailender Kumar Hooda
Publisher : Routledge India
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1032108436
"This book describes the transition in Indian healthcare system since independence and contributes to the ongoing debate within development and institutional economics on the approaches towards reform in the public health system. The institutional reform perspective focuses on examining the effective utilisation of allotted resources and improvements in delivery through decentralisation in governance by ensuring higher participation of elected governments and local communities in politics, policymaking and delivery of health services. It discusses the economic (resource) reforms to explain the relevance and expansion of state interventionism along with its influence on the health sector, accountability and allocative efficiency. The author also explores the connections between neoliberal thought and privatisation in health sector, and examines the greater role of insurance-based financing and their implications for health service access and delivery. The book offers ways to address long-standing systemic and structural problems that confront the Indian healthcare system. Based on large-scale surveys and diverse empirical data on the Indian economy, this book will be of great interest to researchers, students and teachers of health economics, governance and institutional economics, political economy, sociology, public policy, regional studies and development studies. This will be useful to policymakers, health economists, social scientists, public health experts and professionals, and government and nongovernment institutions"--
Author : Ishtiaq Jamil,Steinar Askvik,Tek Nath Dhakal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781461473725
The pursuit for better governance has assumed center stage in developmental discourse as well as reform initiatives of all organizations working for the public welfare, and includes such issues as service delivery and responding to citizens’ needs and demands. In the era of globalization, multilevel and new modes of governance are changing the traditional governance models of nation states, accelerated by technological innovation, rising citizen expectation, policy intervention from international and multilateral donor communities, and the hegemony of western ideology imposed on many developing nations. However, a universally accepted and agreed upon definition of 'governance’ still remains elusive. There is no consensus or agreement as to what would be the nature and form of governance and public administration. The question that is raised: Is there a universal governance mechanism that fits in all contexts or governance mechanisms should be based on home grown ideas?One can see various programs and policies of reforms and reorganizations in public administration in the developing countries, but these efforts have not been effective to address the challenging issues of economic development, employment generation, poverty reduction, ensuring equality of access to public services, maintaining fairness and equity, security and safety of citizens, social cohesion, democratic institution building, ensuring broader participation in the decision making process, and improving the quality of life. Therefore, there is a widespread concern for better governance or sound governance to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making this book of interest to academics as well as policy-makers in global public administration.
Author : Saltman, Richard,Busse, Reinhard,Figueras, Josep
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335219254
Exploring the capacity and impact of decentralization within European health care systems, this book examines both the theoretical underpinnings as well as practical experience with decentralization.
Author : Bernard F Couttolenc
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821395905
Ghana's government has embarked on a decentralization process since the 1980s, but the intended devolution of the health system faces important challenges and shortfalls. This study analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the decentralization of the Ghanaian health system.
Author : M. Ramesh,Azad S. Bali
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108483537
Studies the design of health systems in Asia and assesses their efforts to achieve and sustain universal health care.
Author : E. Kuhlmann,R. Blank,I. Bourgeault,C. Wendt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137384935
Starting with more general issues of healthcare policy and governance in a global perspective and using the lens of national case studies of healthcare reform, this handbook addresses key themes in the debates over changing healthcare policy.
Author : Krishna Regmi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461490715
Decentralizing Health Services A Global Perspective Krishna Regmi, editor Current economic, demographic, and environmental shifts are presenting major challenges to health care systems around the world. In response, decentralization--the transfer of control from central to local authorities--is emerging as a successful means of meeting these challenges and reducing inequities of care. But as with health care itself, one size does not fit all, and care systems must be responsive to global reality as well as local demand. Decentralizing Health Services explores a variety of applications of decentralization to health care delivery in both the developing and developed worlds. Outfitted with principles, blueprints, and examples, this ambitious text clearly sets out the potential role of decentralized care as a major player in public health. Its models of service delivery illustrate care that is effective, inclusive, flexible, and in tune with the current era of preventive and evidence-based healthcare . Contributors point out opportunities, caveats, and controversies as they: Clarify the relationships among decentralization, politics, and policy Differentiate between political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization in health care systems Consider public/private partnerships in health systems Explain how the effects of decentralization can be evaluated. Present the newest data on the health outcomes of decentralization Explore some challenges and global issues of health systems in the 21st century And each chapter features learning goals, discussion questions, activities, and recommendations for further reading Heralding changes poised to revolutionize care, Decentralizing Health Services will broaden the horizons of researchers and administrators in health services, health economics, and health policy
Author : Anne Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Decentralization in government
ISBN : 9241561378
Author : H. Uchimura
Publisher : Springer
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230389618
An in-depth analysis of the fundamental role that decentralization plays in developing countries, using detailed statistical data to examine the actual fiscal structure between tiers of government, and the effects of decentralization at the local, national and international levels.
Author : Bruno Carrasco,Hanif A. Rahemtulla,Rainer Rohdewohld
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000652963
Since its adoption in 2015, the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development has shaped not only international development cooperation but also the design of national trajectories for social and economic development. In tandem with other global agendas adopted that year (such as the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and UN Habitat’s New Urban Agenda) it remains the global and regional blueprint for sustainable development despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The term "localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" has been used to capture the importance of subnational governments for achieving national SDG agendas. However, there is little deeper analysis of the required nexus between fiscal, political, and legal arrangements for SNGs; their involvement in national policy arenas (which discuss and decide on national SDG strategies); and the need for locally disaggregated data systems on the one hand, and effective SDG localization strategies on the other hand. It is this aspect which the present publication explores in greater detail by using country examples and conceptual analyses. The text will be of interest to policymakers, scholars, students and practitioners in public policy and public administration, decentralization, and sustainable development, with a focus on the Asia and Pacific region. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO).
Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Decentralization in government
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Dissatisfied with centralized approaches to delivering local public services, a large number of countries are decentralizing responsibility for these services to lower-level, locally elected governments. The results have been mixed. The paper provides a framework for evaluating the benefits and costs, in terms of service delivery, of different approaches to decentralization, based on relationships of accountability between different actors in the delivery chain. Moving from a model of central provision to that of decentralization to local governments introduces a new relationship of accountability-between national and local policymakers-while altering existing relationships, such as that between citizens and elected politicians. Only by examining how these relationships change can we understand why decentralization can, and sometimes cannot, lead to better service delivery. In particular, the various instruments of decentralization-fiscal, administrative, regulatory, market, and financial-can affect the incentives facing service providers, even though they relate only to local policymakers. Likewise, and perhaps more significantly, the incentives facing local and national politicians can have a profound effect on the provision of local services. Finally, the process of implementing decentralization can be as important as the design of the system in influencing service delivery outcomes.