The development community is striving to achieve results and value for money with its investments in health around the world. Yet, donors often work ...

This U4 Issue presents some essential resources for anyone promoting anti-corruption in the health sector, or otherwise wanting to learn about the challenges ...

This U4 Issue presents some essential resources for anyone promoting anti-corruption in the health sector, or otherwise wanting to learn about the challenges ...

Power and influence analysis can be used to assess corruption vulnerabilities in the public sector. This approach helps identify powerful stakeholders ...

Informal payments for health services are common in many transitional and developing countries. Informal payments are often claimed to reduce access to ...

Designed to promote efficiency and expand access to health care services by leveraging financial contributions from patients, user fee systems are in ...

This study details the perceived benefits, problems, and risks of abuse of per diems and allowances in developing countries. Drawing on 41 interviews ...

Strategies to increase transparency and accountability often include complaints mechanisms by which organisations can respond to individual suspicions ...

Closing opportunities for corruption in the health sector Taryn Vian, William D. Savedoff and Haral

Sector-specific anti-corruption efforts are widely recommended but rarely implemented at the country level. The Moroccan Central Authority for ...

This book, co-edited by Harald Mathisen from CMI/U4 describes how corruption is a serious problem for both rich and poor countries, threatening international ...

Training and education programmes which deal with the topic of corruption and health can help change the way people approach their jobs as public administrators ...

Corruption in the pharmaceutical system results in wasted resources, limited access to health services and reduced health gains. In this U4 Issue paper, ...

Motivational crowding-out theory establishes that the effectiveness of financial incentive schemes, like pay-for-performance, crucially depends on the ...

Most organizations use per diems as a way to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses for travel and to encourage staff to attend professional development activities. ...

Health workers’ motivation is a key determinant of the quality of health services, and poor motivation has been found to be an obstacle to service ...

Las estrategias para aumentar la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas suelen incluir mecanismos por medio de los cuales los organismos pueden ...

La présente étude de U4 constitue une source d’information essentielle pour quiconque participe à la lutte contre la corruption ...

Les programmes de formation et d’éducation qui traitent du thème de la corruption et de la santé peuvent contribuer à ...

Low health worker performance is a key obstacle to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals. While a lack of knowledge, equipment and medicine have been seen as the major challenges, a recent study pinpoints poorly motivated health workers as an important contributing factor to low quality health care in low-income settings.