This article reviews the relationships between government and church health providers
within sub‐Saharan Africa with a particular focus on East and Southern Africa. This is of …

This book focuses on the provision of basic social services-in particular, access to
education, health and water supplies-as the central building blocks of any human …

Burkina Faso is among the largest recipients of development aid in West Africa. The new aid
terminology emphasizes partnership and a sectoral approach. Yet, recent research suggests …

There is compelling evidence that improved health system performance is key to improved
health, and hence to meeting health-related international development targets such as the …

This article examines the relationship between sector‐wide approaches (SWAps),
sustainable livelihoods approaches (SLAs) and rural poverty reduction. The authors suggest …

Sector‐wide approaches are being widely adopted as a new aid modality, incorporating
government ownership, partnership and a move from project to programme support. The …

Zambia introduced a sector-wide approach (SWAp) in the health sector in 1993. The goal
was to improve efficiency in the use of domestic funds and externally sourced development …

This paper examines the role of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Uganda in the process of
developing a Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) within the health sector. Power dynamics are …

In 1987, the Government of Ghana embarked on a set of educational reforms which
culminated in the reduction of pre-tertiary education from 17 to 12 years and the introduction …

Since the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994,
international donors to population and AIDS programs have been called on to respond to …