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Towards new partnerships for health development in developing countries: the contractual approach as a policy tool
Author(s) -
Carrin Guy,
Jancloes Michel,
Perrot Jean
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00261.x
Subject(s) - multitude , developing country , accountability , government (linguistics) , health policy , public health , business , general partnership , public policy , economic growth , political science , public relations , public administration , health care , economics , medicine , finance , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , law
What roles for government but also for society's groups in the advancement of public health in developing countries? This paper focuses on the need to adopt the contractual approach as a powerful policy tool and sketches the contours of a policy framework for good contracting. A short historical review of health system changes leads up to a discussion of the the current emergence of a multitude of actors, the forging of alliances between the various partners, examples on how significant health policy benefits might be secured through contracting, and the implications of building alliances, such as defining and assigning accountability to the contracting partners.