Managing externally‐assisted health projects for sustainability in developing countries
Abstract
One of the main problems related to donor‐supported health projects in the developing world is their lack of sustainability once external assistance has ended. Although ‘projectized development assistance’ is viewed by many as inappropriate to bring about development, projects are bound to remain for some time an important instrument of development assistance. Project managers, donor agencies and recipient countries need to be aware of the extent that their projects are likely to be sustained in the future and contribute to the viability of the whole health system. This article proposes a conceptual framework to monitor the performance of externally‐assisted health projects in building their own sustainability. Possible criteria and indicators are discussed.
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Many approaches highlighted the importance of the ability of an initiative to garner and maintain resources through stable sources.
“Many approaches highlighted the importance of the ability of an initiative to garner and maintain resources [15, 27, 36–41] through stable sources [19, 36, 39, 42–45].”
From Navigating the sustainability landscape: a systematic review of sustainability approaches in healthcare (2018) · cites this paper as [41]
The ability of an initiative to share resources with partners and other organisations, seek out alternative and supplemental resources and/or uncover multiple funding sources were highlighted across some approaches as important to overall sustainability.
“The ability of an initiative to share resources with partners and other organisations [41, 46], seek out alternative and supplemental resources [18, 47–49] and/or uncover multiple funding sources [8, 36, 49, 50] were also highlighted across some approaches as important to overall sustainability.”
From Navigating the sustainability landscape: a systematic review of sustainability approaches in healthcare (2018) · cites this paper as [41]
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- Authors
- Stefanini, A., & Ruck, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Venue
- The International Journal of Health Planning and Management
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1992-07
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 199-210
- ISSN
- 0749-6753 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1751
- OpenAlex
- W2146222578
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The International Journal of Health Planning and Management (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Development › International Development and Aid
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public health and occupational medicine
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Health and Surgery
- Keywords
- project sustainability, development aid, sustainability indicators, developing countries
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