[afro-nets] Aid for health: should policy-makers worry about its macroeconomic impact?

["Claudio Schuftan" <cschuftan@phmovement.org>]

Cross-posted from: EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org

Technical briefs for policy-makers

Health Financing Policy - Department of Health Systems Financing
World Health Organization - 2007

Website: http://www.who.int/health_financing/en/

Technical briefs for policy-makers are succinct summaries of key policy issues, explaining what the issue is, why is it important, and how policy-makers can address the issue.

:: Aid for health: should policy-makers worry about its macroeconomic impact? [pdf 266kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/health_financing/documents/pb_e_07_3-macroimpact.pdf>No.3 – 2007

"…Many developing countries need to substantially increase expenditure if they are to achieve significant improvements in population health, and financial assistance provided by multilateral or bilateral external partners is becoming a major source. However, a large increase in such aid could theoretically lead to increased inflation, problems with the balance of payments and slower growth. This policy brief examines the possible effects of aid flows on the wider economy, and suggests that it is possible to minimize and even eliminate any possible adverse effects. Countries should not, in general, be concerned about accepting more aid for health from this perspective…."

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Mrs. Ana Lucia Ruggiero (WDC) 
mailto:ruglucia@paho.org