Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right Things in Aid and Corruption
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Rating | : | 4.61 (959 Votes) |
Asin | : | B01N38DSL3 |
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Number of Pages | : | 282 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-03-11 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Erudite, engagingly written, and upbeat.Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Adviser, Oxfam
Agency for International Development supported the Afghan Ministry of Public Health to deliver basic healthcare to 90 percent of the population, at a cost of $4.50 a head. For all that the results were fantastic, receipts were not in order. The investigator called for the health program to be suspended because of "financial management deficiencies" at the ministry.This case illustrates a growing problem: an important and justified focus on corruption as a barrier to development has led to policy change in aid agencies t