The contribution of health policy research to both the theory and the practice of
decentralization has been voluminous but often disappointing. This chapter argues that the …

Purpose–The paper aims to account for the substance of non‐linear governance change by
analysing the importance of sector‐specific institutions and the pathways of governing they …

Decentralization is a difficult concept to pin down. Different scholars view it through a variety
of diverse, often inconsistent, sometimes overtly contradictory, analytic lenses. This …

Decentralization provides graphic illustrations of many of the recurrent themes in
contemporary health policy and management as power and control are re-located within …

Background: Decentralisation in the health sector has been promoted in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs) for many years. Inherently, decentralisation grants decision …

In an attempt to provide high quality medical care, despite limited resources, health care
providers in various countries have introduced decentralization into their health care …

Health sector decentralization has been widely adopted to improve delivery of health
services. While many argue that institutional capacities and mechanisms of accountability …

Despite considerable advances in developing new and more sophisticated impact
evaluation methodologies and toolkits, policy research continues to suffer from persistent …

This study reviews the experience of decentralization in four developing countries: Ghana,
Uganda, Zambia and the Philippines. It uses two analytical frameworks to describe and …

This report explores the incentive effects of different forms of governance of health-care
organisations. Building on a multidisciplinary literature review, it seeks to map a new terrain …