International aid policy is evolving. The Rome Declaration on Harmonization, the Paris
Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action have shifted development …

Sector-wide approaches (SWAps) in health were developed in the early 1990s in response
to widespread dissatisfaction with fragmented donor-sponsored projects and prescriptive …

A key driver of this interest has been the rapid growth in the volume of health aid-increasing
from $5.6 b in 1990 to nearly $28 b in 2011-and the proliferation of agencies delivering …

Drawing on the case studies presented in this issue, from Bangladesh, Cambodia,
Mozambique, Zambia and South Africa, and examples from other countries, this paper asks …

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Abstract Sector Wide Approaches (SWAps) have increasingly been implemented in
countries around the world as a mechanism for effective delivery of health sector funding …

Recent widespread interest in health sector policy and institutional reform in lower income
countries has coincided with heightened concern for aid coordination. Because the health …

Health sector reform is underway or under consideration in countries throughout the world
and at all levels of income. This paper presents an overview of key concepts and …

Do experiences of SWAps in the health sector suggest that the approach should be adopted
in Latin-America? This paper was written for the UK Department for International …

Background The rising burden of disease and weak health systems are being compounded
by the persistent economic downturn, re-emerging diseases, and violent conflicts. There is a …