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From the Ground Up: Improving Government Performance with Independent Monitoring Organizations

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From the Ground Up argues that the international community’s efforts to improve public expenditure and budget execution decisions would be more effective if done in collaboration with local independent monitoring organizations.

From the Ground Up argues that the international community’s efforts to improve public expenditure and budget execution decisions would be more effective if done in collaboration with local independent monitoring organizations.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
R4D Author(s): 
Courtney Tolmie
Author(s): 
Dr. Stephen Kosack, Charles C. Griffin
Funder(s): 
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Connected Project: 
The Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP)

Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage

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The Joint Learning Network (JLN) for Universal Health Coverage brings together countries from across the globe to share experiences and challenges in implementing health financing reforms.

Over the past decade, a number of national or state-level reforms have been implemented by governments that are committed to achieving universal health coverage through “demand-side” financing models, often specifically targeting the poorest and informal sectors of their populations. While many implementing countries have not yet achieved universal health coverage, reforms are underway in countries as varied as Chile, Colombia, Estonia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Main Contact: 
Brian Latko
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Alice Garabrant
Brian Latko
David de Ferranti
Gina Lagomarsino
Maria Belenky
Sapna Singh Kundra

Joint Learning Workshop brings together six countries to discuss universal health coverage

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8 February, 2010

On February 3-5, R4D and its partners convened delegations from six countries – Ghana, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam - for a Joint Learning Workshop on Universal Health Coverage in Gurgaon, India. The three day workshop served as a forum for participants to share their experiences implementing health reforms and learn from other countries.

Connected Expert(s): 
Alice Garabrant
Connected Expert(s): 
Brian Latko
Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Maria Belenky
Connected Expert(s): 
Sapna Singh Kundra
Connected Project(s): 
Joint Learning Workshop: Moving Toward Universal Health Coverage

Ghanaian leadership convenes in Accra for second Private Health Sector Engagement Workshop

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14 December, 2009

Key national stakeholders gathered in Accra, Ghana December 14th-16th for a three-day Engagement Workshop focusing on the role of private health care providers and ways in which they can contribute more to improving the health of all Ghanaians, especially the poor.

The workshop, coordinated by the R4D assessment team led by Stephanie Sealy and Marty Makinen, brought together leaders from across the country to present data, identify gaps, and begin formulating recommendations for policy changes.

Connected Expert(s): 
Kira Thorien
Connected Expert(s): 
Marty Makinen
Connected Expert(s): 
Stephanie Sealy
Connected Project(s): 
Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana
Funder: 
The World Bank

Joint Learning Workshop: Moving Toward Universal Health Coverage

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As a first step toward the development of an ongoing, multi-country cross-learning platform, several countries and their development partners convened a joint learning workshop in Delhi, India in February 2010. The workshop brought together practitioners from six countries to share learning around the successes and problem-solve around the challenges of implementing demand-side health financing reforms to expand health coverage.

Over the past decade, a number of national or state-level reforms have been implemented by governments that are committed to expanding health coverage through “demand-side” (third-party) financing models, to reach the poorest and informal sectors of their populations.  These reforms are ambitious in their goals, but challenging to implement successfully.  Many organizations and initiatives currently provide helpful policy assistance for and generate valuable information on these new and innovative reforms.

Main Contact: 
Sapna Singh Kundra
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Alice Garabrant
Brian Latko
Carleigh Krubiner
Gina Lagomarsino
Maria Belenky
Robert Hecht
Sapna Singh Kundra

Ghana Country Assessment receives local media coverage

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2 September, 2009

Aug 21, Accra, GHANA – The Ghana News Agency recently picked up a story about one of our newest projects, an assessment of the private health sector in Ghana (Click here for project profile). Though not itself directly mentioned, R4D leads the “group of researchers, [and] local and international consultants” involved in the joint World Bank Group/Ministry of Health initiative.

Connected Expert(s): 
Kira Thorien
Connected Expert(s): 
Marty Makinen
Connected Expert(s): 
Stephanie Sealy
Connected Project(s): 
Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana
Funder: 
The World Bank

Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana

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The Ministry of Health, with support from the joint IFC/World Bank Health in Africa Initiative, launched the Country Assessment on July 20th, 2009. At present the R4D study team is conducting a large-scale review of the Ghanaian private health sector, with the ultimate goal of offering concrete, actionable recommendations on effectively harnessing the potential of private providers of health services.

In Ghana today, about half of both rural and urban residents obtain health services from the private sector. Though only limited evidence is available on the quality of private care, an effectively regulated private health sector can potentially play an important role in the provision of health services.

Main Contact: 
Kira Thorien
Website: 
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=167506
Website: 
http://www.ghananewsagency.org/s_health/r_10463/
Funder: 
The World Bank
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Kira Thorien
Marty Makinen
Stephanie Sealy

R4D launches new project in Ghana

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12 August, 2009

In mid-July, Results for Development initiated a new project, the "Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana," with support from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). Under the project, R4D will review the current state and performance of the private sector, and will develop strategies for enhanced engagement of private actors in providing health care for the Ghanaian population.

Connected Expert(s): 
Kira Thorien
Connected Expert(s): 
Marty Makinen
Connected Expert(s): 
Stephanie Sealy
Connected Project(s): 
Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana
Funder: 
The World Bank

Human Resources for Health: Costing Ghana’s Pre-Service HRH Scale-Up Plans

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This report estimates Ghana’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

This report estimates Ghana’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2008
Main Contact: 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Marty Makinen
Author(s): 
Hortenzia Beciu, Health Specialist; David Haddad, Consultant
Funder(s): 
The World Bank
Connected Project: 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Version: 
1
Link to Publication-Resource: 
Available by request
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