This paper seeks to systematically describe the length and content of quality checklists used in performance-based financing programmes, their similarities and differences, and how checklists have evolved over time. We compiled a list of supply-side, health facility-based performance-based financing (PBF) programmes in low- and lower middle-income countries based on a document review. We then s...

While striving for excellence in science, funds for researchers are increasingly granted based on performance-oriented criteria. One of these criteria is the amount of third-party funds which motivates scientists to increasingly raise those funds. In addition to this, the performance-oriented granting of funds also leads to stagnating basic funds and financing difficulties at universities. Thus...

Ensuring financial access to health services is a critical challenge for poor countries if they are to reach the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This article examines the case of Rwanda, a country which has championed innovative health care financing policies. Between 2000 and 2007, Rwanda has improved financial access for the poor, increased utilization of health services and reduc...

Drawing lessons from country study reports Cordaid/ HealthNet TPO experiences in PBF pilot projects in: Democratic Republic of Congo Tanzania Zambia Burundi Rwanda National PBF (retrospective study) Acknowledgements The Royal Tropical Institute of the Netherlands (KIT) would like to express sincere appreciation to all the people who contributed to this report and to all of the participants who ...

The paper attempts to examine whether subsidiaries from different countries-of-origin differ with respect to their financial structures and performance in the same host country and whether greater foreign control affects their financing patterns and financial performance. The results show that Japanese firms differ significantly with respect to their financial structures from the Indian firms a...

From the point of view of bank process reengineering theory, the paper focuses its discussion on definition and features of international trade financing based on the principles and requirements of financial innovation. Through the clarification for international trade financing process and comparison for ways of international trade financing under traditional trade settlement methods, trade fi...

BACKGROUND In 2015 around 15 million people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Sustained provision of ART, though both prudent and necessary, creates substantial long-term fiscal obligations for countries affected by HIV/AIDS. As donor assistance for health remains constrained, novel financing mechanisms are needed to augment funding domestic so...