Over the past few years, three nagging problems have bedeviled Zambia's health sector: the country is falling off-track from reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is facing severe financing...
This paper reports the findings of the Zambia Public Expenditure Tracking/Quality of Service Delivery Survey (PET/QSDS) pertaining to human resources for health in Zambia. High staff vacancies (33.5 percent)...
Malawi's public spending on health, has historically been high relative to other Sub-Saharan countries, and developing nations with similar GNP per capita, but the country's living conditions are among...
Decentralization of fiscal responsibilities has emerged as a primary objective on the agendas of national governments, and international organizations alike. Yet there is little empirical evidence on the...
In recent years an increasing number of governments in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, have embarked on a Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) as a way of improving their budget. MTEF is essentially...