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International policy and aid financing

Charting the path to the World Bank’s “No blanket policy on user fees”
A look over the past 25 years at the shifting support for user fees in health and education, and reflections on the future.

A review of the human resource content of PRSP and HIPC documentation in 6 selected African countries
This review examines the country based poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) documentation and the associated World Bank/IMF HIPC documentation for human resources for health content for 6 African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Tanzania and Uganda.

Health in PRSPs: an introduction and early experience
This paper outlines how health policy and strategy are addressed in PRSPs, and suggests roles for external partners, such as DFID, in the country-owned PRSP process.

The SAP experience in Pakistan
A review of Pakistan 's experience in developing and implementing the Social Action Programme, a social sector investment programme.

Developing sector wide approaches in the health sector
This paper provides a discussion of sector wide investment approaches in the health sector, outlining the potential and challenges for improving governmental ownership and accountability for external funds. Discusses experiences in Ghana, Zambia and Bangladesh

An overview of Sector Wide Approaches in health: are they appropriate for aid-dependent Latin American countries?
This paper has provides background information on the concept of SWAps and their implementation for policy makers, donor agency staff and health professionals. The paper attempts to encapsulate the main conceptual and practical issues involved in SWAP development.
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