Responses to donor proliferation in Ghana’s health sector: a qualitative case study

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dc.contributor.authorPallas, S.W.
dc.contributor.authorNonvignon, J.
dc.contributor.authorAikins, M.
dc.contributor.authorRuger, J.P.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-29T10:37:31Z
dc.date.available2023-09-29T10:37:31Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractObjective To investigate how donors and government agencies responded to a proliferation of donors providing aid to Ghana’s health sector between 1995 and 2012. Methods We interviewed 39 key informants from donor agencies, central government and nongovernmental organizations in Accra. These respondents were purposively selected to provide local and international views from the three types of institutions. Data collected from the respondents were compared with relevant documentary materials – e.g. reports and media articles – collected during interviews and through online research. Findings Ghana’s response to donor proliferation included creation of a sector-wide approach, a shift to sector budget support, the institutionalization of a Health Sector Working Group and anticipation of donor withdrawal following the country’s change from low income to lower-middle income status. Key themes included the importance of leadership and political support, the internalization of norms for harmonization, alignment and ownership, tension between the different methods used to improve aid effectiveness, and a shift to a unidirectional accountability paradigm for health-sector performance. Conclusion In 1995–2012, the country’s central government and donors responded to donor proliferation in health-sector aid by promoting harmonization and alignment. This response was motivated by Ghana’s need for foreign aid, constraints on the capacity of governmental human resources and inefficiencies created by donor proliferation. Although this decreased the government’s transaction costs, it also increased the donors’ coordination costs and reduced the government’s negotiation options. Harmonization and alignment measures may have prompted donors to return to stand-alone projects to increase accountability and identification with beneficial impacts of projects.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.14.141614
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/40210
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBull World Health Organen_US
dc.subjectdonor proliferationen_US
dc.subjectGhana’s health sectoren_US
dc.subjectResponsesen_US
dc.subjectcase studyen_US
dc.titleResponses to donor proliferation in Ghana’s health sector: a qualitative case studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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