- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Computational Complexity, Public Sector Accountability, Local Government and Regional Administration, Sanitation, Health Services, Urban Development, Fiscal federalism and decentralization, Decentralization, Political Economy, Local Government, and 3 moreForeign Aid, Regional and Local Governance, and Local Government and Local Developmentedit
This study analyzes local health finances in Tanzania by considering the extent to which public health resources in Tanzania flow from the district government level to primary health facilities, or whether these resources get stuck at... more
This study analyzes local health finances in Tanzania by considering the extent to which public health resources in Tanzania flow from the district government level to primary health facilities, or whether these resources get stuck at the district level. Our analysis of health expenditures in six rural Local Government Authorities suggests that less than half of local health funding reaches the front-line dispensaries that provide the vast majority of local health services. The structure of the local health system appears to favor top-down interventions and control, rather than empowering local facilities to improve local health outcomes.
