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4. Decentralization in Africa: Local Government and Health Care in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania

verfasst von : Daniel Kweku Baah Inkoom, Adwoa Yeboah Gyapong

Erschienen in: Governing Urban Africa

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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There are several arguments that in sub-Saharan Africa urgent reforms are needed in local government for citizens to experience the benefits of development. This chapter examines how Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania have decentralized their health care delivery systems. Using a secondary literature approach, the study found out that in spite of the progressive strides made towards the implementation of ambitious health care decentralization plans, different forms of capacity and accountability gaps, as well as unclear and inadequate decision-making roles affect implementation. The study concludes that governments need to pay particular attention to socioeconomic contexts as they pursue decentralization in the sector. Doing this consistently and effectively over time will engender benefits for all sections of the population and for the governing of cities in Africa.

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Titel: Decentralization in Africa: Local Government and Health Care in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania
verfasst von: Daniel Kweku Baah Inkoom
Adwoa Yeboah Gyapong
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Buch: Governing Urban Africa
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-95108-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-349-95109-3

Copyright-Jahr: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95109-3_4