Examines the feasibility and desirability of health sector reforms in low-income countries, asking whether governments are capable of these roles. The text challenges conventional wisdom, arguing that reform approaches must be sensitive to the institutional characteristics of individual countries. Series: Role of Government in Adjusting Economies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKS; 1FMT; 1HFDH; 1HFMW; 1QFG; JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480. . 2000. 2001st Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Title: The Challenge of Health Sector Reform: What Must Governments Do?
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0333736184
ISBN 13: 9780333736180
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New

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New thinking about the management of public health services has stimulated a widespread movement for health sector reform across the world. This book examines the feasibility and desirability of common reforms in low income countries, based on in-depth case studies in Ghana, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, and asks whether governments possess or can develop the capacities needed for these new and often complex roles. The book challenges conventional reform wisdom, and argues that reform approaches are needed that are more sensitive to the institutional characteristics of individual countries.

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NIMAL ATTANAYAKE Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of the Health Economics Study Programme, Department of Economics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka CHARLES HONGORO Medical Research Officer, Public Health Unit, Blair Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Zimbabwe V.R. MURALEEDHARAN Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras PAUL SMITHSON Health Sector Policy and Systems Adviser, Department for International Development

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