Monitoring and Evaluation

Balanced Scorecard Assessment Status Report

The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has made great strides in creating a culture of planning. From strategic to operational planning, members of the health sector at large appreciate the value of planning their work and working their plans. In 2007, the FMOH embarked on a journey to transform its strategic planning and management processes by adopting the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as their framework.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Alison Ion
Author(s): 
Balanced Scorecard Institute
Attached Publications & Resources: 

Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)

CHMI is a global network of partners that systematically identifies, documents, and analyzes health market innovations, disseminates information about these models, and facilitates strategic linkages among entrepreneurs, funders, policymakers, and researchers. Visit http://healthmarketinnovations.org/ to use the interactive CHMI global knowledge platform.

The Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) is a global network of partners that seeks to improve the functioning of health markets in developing countries to deliver better results for the poor. CHMI works to accelerate the diffusion of Health Market Innovations, programs and policies—implemented by governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), social entrepreneurs or private companies—that have the potential to improve the way health markets operate.

Main Contact: 
Donika Dimovska
Status: 
Active

What Works to Prevent and Treat AIDS

This paper presents recent findings regarding costs and cost-effectiveness of AIDS prevention, treatment and care interventions, which can be used to inform a long-term strategic response to the epidemic.

This paper presents recent findings regarding costs and cost-effectiveness of AIDS prevention, treatment and care interventions, which can be used to inform a long-term strategic response to the epidemic.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Carleigh Krubiner
Author(s): 
Lisa de Maria, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo, Omar Galarraga
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS
Attached Publications & Resources: 

Human Resources for Health: Costing Liberia’s Pre-Service HRH Scale-Up Plans

This report estimates Liberia’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

This report estimates Liberia’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2008
Main Contact: 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Marty Makinen
Connected Project: 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Version: 
1

Assessing Costing and Prioritization in National AIDS Strategic Plans

This background paper examines costing practices, cost-effectiveness data and prioritization processes in national HIV/AIDS strategic plans.

This background paper examines costing practices, cost-effectiveness data and prioritization processes in national HIV/AIDS strategic plans. The first section is a literature review on costing and prioritization in the first generation of national strategic plans (NSPs). The second section uses the World Bank AIDS Strategy and Action Plan’s Self-Assessment Tool Guidelines for costing and prioritization to provide a detailed assessment of 7 current-generation NSP documents (Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Malawi, Mozambique, Peru, and the Philippines).

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Kira Thorien
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
William McGreevey
Author(s): 
Vaughn Hester, Carlos Avila, Eric Gaillard
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS

Global Health Workforce Alliance

R4D serves as the secretariat for the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) Financing Task Force (FTF). Under the direction of the FTF, R4D is focusing on synthesizing empirical and programmatic evidence on HRH financing;guiding how evidence can be used in implementing financing policies;and providing Ministries of Health and Education with HRH financing and policy development tools.

Health workers play a critical role in the provision of health care and represent the single largest cost element in health services in low income countries. Millions of people die prematurely, or suffer from illness or disability unnecessarily, due to insufficient number of human resources for health (HRH). This problem has recently begun to receive the greater attention it deserves.

Main Contact: 
Alison Ion
Duration: 
January, 2008 - June, 2009
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 

Provider Purchasing and Contracting for Health Services: The Case of Zambia

The report identifies and characterizes a number of contracting models that exist in the Zambian health sector.

The study identifies and characterizes a number of contracting models that exist in the Zambian health sector and their impact on access to health. It reveals that the contracting mechanism is prevalent in Zambia, as evidenced by several contracting-in examples (such as different levels of the referral system within the public health sector contracting each other for services) and contracting out arrangements (such as FBOs and NGOs providing care on behalf of the government). It finds that the impact of these programs on the quality of services has remained mixed.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Donika Dimovska
Author(s): 
Dale Mudenda, Christopher Mapoma, Bona Chita, Abson Chompolola, Webby Wake

Monitoring the quality of public spending in the social sectors in developing countries: Lessons from Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys and other sources

The objective of this paper is to review about 20 Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) and related literature produced since the mid-1990s to identify common problems and lessons learned to improve the quality of public spending in the social sectors via civil society oversight and involvement.

The objective of this paper is to review about 20 Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) and related literature produced since the mid-1990s to identify common problems and lessons learned to improve the quality of public spending in the social sectors via civil society oversight and involvement.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2008
Main Contact: 
Courtney Tolmie
Author(s): 
Amanda Glassman, Loren Becker and Chinyere Bun

Lessons From The World Bank's Public Expenditure Reviews, 2000-2007, For Improving The Effectiveness of Public Spending

This paper reviews roughly 60 Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) conducted by the World Bank in virtually all regions of the world, and defines common problems and proposed solutions to improve the impact, quality, and equity of public spending.

This paper reviews roughly 60 Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) conducted by the World Bank in virtually all regions of the world, and defines common problems and proposed solutions to improve the impact, quality, and equity of public spending. The goal of the paper is to identify key issues in public expenditure that are common to many of the countries, focusing especially on the role that civil society can play in improving expenditure effectiveness.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2008
Main Contact: 
Courtney Tolmie
Author(s): 
Anil B. Deolalikar
Attached Publications & Resources: 

Brian Latko

Program Officer
Phone: 
+1.202.470.5725

Brian Latko joined the Results for Development Institute in November 2009. He focuses on health systems development, and health systems reforms that promote universal health coverage through demand-side financing.

Brian Latko joined the Results for Development Institute in November 2009. He focuses on health systems development, and health systems reforms that promote universal health coverage through demand-side financing.

Prior to joining Results for Development, Mr. Latko worked on a variety of healthcare and health systems reform initiatives as a consultant with McKinsey and Company. During this time, he worked with U.S. health insurance carriers and hospitals, advising senior executives on issues related to strategy, operations and implementation. He also worked with governmental and non-governmental agencies on topics related to health coverage and health system reform at the state-level in the U.S., as well as in the United Kingdom and parts of the Middle East. Most recently, he worked with the Ministry of Health of a large Middle Eastern country to design demand-side health financing reforms and pilot a social health insurance scheme targeting the poor and informal sectors of the population. He has also participated in multiple government strategic planning for health efforts, and conducted research related to health financing, public health, and the impact of wellness and lifestyle decisions on healthcare expenditures.

Mr. Latko holds a Bachelor of Science in Management (Summa Cum Laude) from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio.

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