South Asia

Projects

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.

Joint Learning Workshop: Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage

As a first step in the development of an ongoing cross-learning platform, six countries and their development partners will convene a joint learning workshop in Delhi, India on February 3 – 5, 2010. The workshop will bring together practitioners to share learning around the successes and problem-solve around the challenges of implementing demand-side health financing reforms to expand health coverage. 

Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health

The Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health (MLI) brings together expertise in leadership development and specialized technical areas needed to design and successfully make and implement health sector policy. As a technical partner in MLI, R4D is providing technical assistance focused on improvements in equitable financing and donor harmonization in Ethiopia, Mali, Nepal, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.

Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability

The Strengthening Institutions Program, a joint program of the Global Development Network and R4D, aims to strengthen policy debates around public expenditure issues in developing countries by providing support to emerging think tanks to conduct analyses of spending in the health, education, and water sectors.

The Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP)

The Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) strengthens the capacity of independent monitoring organizations (IMOs) in developing countries to promote improvements in social sector public spending and better hold their governments accountable for expenditure decisions and actions.

Publications & Resources

R4D is committed to disseminating the tools and publications that emerge from our projects, in both print and electronic formats.

The Quest for Transparency and Accountability in Governance in India: An Introspection

Recently there has been a surge of activity among Civil Society Organizations in India.  This paper analyzes this development, including impact, shortcomings and challenges Indian organizations face in the years to come.

Innovative Pro-Poor Healthcare Financing and Delivery Models

This report describes 33 innovative pro-poor healthcare financing and delivery programs in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa that are led by or engage the private heath sector.

Andhra Pradesh Health Sector Reform: A Narrative Case Study

The State of Andhra Pradesh in India has recently taken several innovative approaches to improve access to healthcare. This report presents the major initiatives, including health insurance and contracting arrangements for health services, and describes underlying motives, challenges, and opportunities associated with the reform.

Health Sector Governance and Implications for the Private Sector

The paper develops an analytical framework applied to India, Uganda, and Afghanistan for conceptualizing the governance/stewardship function within health systems and the role of government in the context of an expanded role for private service provision and financing.

News & Events

Joint Learning Workshop brings together six countries to discuss universal health coverage

On February 3-5, R4D and its partners convened delegations from six countries – Ghana, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam - for a Joint Learning Workshop on Universal Health Coverage in Gurgaon, India. The three day workshop served as a forum for participants to share their experiences implementing health reforms and learn from other countries.

“Strengthening Institutions” country partners convene in Prague to present research on public expenditure accountability

As part of efforts to build international benchmarks for the quality of public spending and promote informed decisions on resource allocations in developing countries, the Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) and Global Development Network co-hosted the first peer review workshop for the Strengthening Institutions program in Prague on January 13th-15th.