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Former Visiting Fellow
Health systems analysis and development; governance; private health sector
April Harding was a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development from June 2007 to June 2009. During that time, she convened the Private Sector Working Group and was lead author of its report, Partnerships with the Private Sector in Health. Before joining CGD, Harding led the World Bank's work related to public policy toward the private health sector; she returned to the Bank upon leaving CGD.
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In this video, CGD visiting fellow April Harding describes the private sector's success in supporting health initiatives in developing countries. Harding provides an example of maternal care in India where government vouchers for private doctors provided the additional human resources to lower...
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The Private Sector Advisory Facility Working Group recommends a practical way for donors and technical agencies to support successful public-private interactions to strenghthen health systems in developing countries.
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The Private Sector Advisory Facility Working Group recommends a practical way for donors and technical agencies to support successful public-private interactions to strenghthen health systems in developing countries.
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In this video, CGD visiting fellow April Harding describes the private sector's success in supporting health initiatives in developing countries. Harding provides an example of maternal care in India where government vouchers for private doctors provided the additional human resources to lower...
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Partnerships with the Private Sector in Health
- Dec 4, 2009
The Private Sector Advisory Facility Working Group recommends a practical way for donors and technical agencies to support successful public-private interactions to strenghthen health systems in developing countries.
Non-CGD Publications
- "Buying Results: A Review of Developing Countries Experience of Contracting for Health Service Delivery" (w/ B Loevinsohn), The Lancet. Vol. 366. August 2005. (pdf)
- "Can Developing Countries further Improve Child Health Outcomes without Engaging the Private Sector?"(with H Axelsson and F Bustreo), Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Vol. 81, 2003. (pdf)
- Private Participation in Health Services (with AS Preker), World Bank, 2003.
- "The Economics of Hospital Reform: From Hierarchical to Market- based Incentives," World Hospitals and Health Services, Vol. 39, 2003.Innovations in Health Service Delivery: The Corporatization of Public Hospitals. (with AS Preker), World Bank, 2003.
- "The Introduction of Market Forces in the Public Hospital Sector: From New Public Management to Organizational Reform," (with M Jakab, AS Preker and L Hawkins), HNP Discussion Paper Series. Washington, 2002.
- "Linking Organizational Structure to the External Environment: Experiences from Hospital Reform in Transition Economies," In M McKee and J Healy, Hospitals in a Changing Europe. (with M Jakab and AS Preker). Buckingham: Open University Press, 2002. (pdf)
- "Hospital Organizational Structure in Transition Economies: Incoherent Internal and External Incentive Environments," Proceedings, International Conference on Systems Science in Health Care. (with M Jakab and AS Preker). 2000.
- "Make or Buy Decision in the Production of Health Care Goods and Services: New Insights from Institutional Economics and Organization Theory" Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (with AS Preker and P Travis). Vol. 78, 2000.
- "The Economics of Public and Private Roles in Health Care: New Insights from Institutional Economics" (with N Girishankar and AS Preker). Departmental Working Paper #21874. The World Bank, Washington DC. 1999.
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