Opciones y mecanismos innovadores de recaudación de recursos para el sector salud en La República Dominicana
October 13, 2017English Version Resource Type: Brief Authors: El Proyecto de Financiamiento y Gobernanza en Salud Published: August 2017 Resource Description: Este resumen presenta el monto de recursos que se podrían recaudar mediante cinco mecanismos de financiami …
Getting Health’s Slice of the Pie: Domestic Resource Mobilization for Health
July 20, 2017Resource Type: Report Authors: Kirstin Krusell, Dr. Marty Makinen, Dr. Laurel Hatt Published: July 2017 Resource Description: Many low- and middle-income countries have experienced strong economic growth in recent years, resulting in increased capaci …
Tax Reform and Resource Mobilization for Health
April 11, 2016Resource Type: Report Authors: Shan Soe-Lin, Sasha Frankel, Eunice Heredia-Ortiz, and Marty Makinen Published: 12/01/2015 Resource Description: As development assistance for health shrinks and the demand for health expenditures increases, developin …
Government Health Spending and Tax Reform in Rwanda, 2000-2013 – A Case Study
April 11, 2016Rwanda provides an example of a country that has been committed to improving both its tax and health systems. Moreover, Rwanda has recognized the critical linkage between domestic resource mobilization and sustainable economic development, including …
Mobilizing Tax Revenue and Prioritizing Health Spending in El Salvador – A Case Study
April 11, 2016El Salvador provides an important example of a country that underwent tax reform efforts, which boosted revenues to finance key social development programs, including health. Two decades after the end of the civil war and its return to democracy in 1 …
Tax Reform as a Strategy to Mobilize Additional Resources for Health
March 3, 2016As development assistance for health shrinks and the demand for health expenditures increases, developing countries are under mounting pressure to provide adequate resources for health. Governments can increase available public resources by benefitin …
Monitoring and Evaluating the Transition of Health Programs: New Guide Released
January 27, 2016Transition can be defined as the transfer of financial, leadership and programmatic responsibilities for a health program from a donor to a recipient, according to a pre-defined plan. The current importance of transition is framed by an increased foc …
Additional Domestic Resources to Scale-up the HIV and TB Response in South Africa
December 1, 2015Resource Type: Success Story Authors: Health Finance & Governance Project Published: 12/1/2015 Resource Description: To tackle its substantial HIV and tuberculosis (TB) burdens, South Africa continues to rapidly scale up its response to both dise …
Experiences in Outsourcing Nonclinical Services Among Public Hospitals in Botswana
August 4, 2015Since gaining independence in 1966, Botswana has served as an example of development success—experiencing high economic growth and progressing to a middle-income country classification. Throughout this process, the private sector presence
Namibia 2012-13 Health Accounts: Key Findings and Policy Implications
June 30, 2015The current exercise (fiscal year 2012/13) is Namibia’s fourth round of Health Accounts and is the first round conducted using the SHA 2011 methodology; the prior three rounds covered 11 years of spending between 1998/99 and 2008/09. These prior roun …