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Can countries of the WHO African Region wean themselves off donor funding for health?

Author(s) -

Joses Muthuri Kirigia

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.08.054932

Subject(s) - revenue , language change , economic growth , developing country , development economics , public health , business , private sector , public economics , tax revenue , medicine , economics , finance , nursing , art , literature

More than 20% of total health expenditure in 48% of the 46 countries in the WHO African Region is provided by external sources. Issues surrounding aid effectiveness suggest that these countries ought to implement strategies for weaning off aid dependency. This paper broaches the following question: what are some of the strategies that countries of the region can employ to wean off donor funding for health? Five strategies are discussed: reduction in economic inefficiencies; reprioritizing public expenditures; raising additional tax revenues; increased private sector involvement in health development; and fighting corruption.

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