QUODA Health?

At CGD we have taken a cue from previous work analyzing the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA), and have adapted the approach to assess the quality of health aid. Our goal is to generate a discussion on quantitative sector-level aid effectiveness measures and create incentives for improved performance (read Amanda Glassman and Denizhan Duran's blog about the pros and cons of the index here). We have completed our first draft, and offer our congratulations to the top-ranked global health donor -- the United Kingdom!  But we want to know more about what you think of our methods, indicators, and even the project in general. We welcome your participation in our open consultation on the draft here.

Value for Money for Global Health Funders

As international commitments become more ambitious and aid resources increasingly constrained, global health funding agencies are seeking ways to improve the efficiency and impact of their investments. This new working group will evaluate the current evidence on the subject, pose questions and offer high impact recommendations to improve value for money for global health funding agencies. This work follows previous CGD efforts relating to value in global health, such as the Priority-Setting Institutions for Global Health and Future of the Global Fund working groups and publications including Achieving an AIDS Transition, The Health Systems Funding Platform,  and Performance Incentives for Global Health. Image: Flickr user/ MikeBlyth

COD Aid for Health

The COD Aid approach, introduced by Nancy Birdsall and William Savedoff, has been suggested as a mechanism to make aid more effective by increasing accountability, reducing transaction costs, and encouraging local participation and innovation. William Savedoff's new working paper Cash on Delivery Aid for Health: What Indicators Would Work Best? evaluates the challenges of applying COD Aid to health related outcomes, and offers insight as to how the methodology can be best applied to health related indicators. The paper discusses advantages and limitations of ten possible COD indicators that could be used to tie aid disbursements to progress on results, including measures of child survival, maternal health, malaria and HIV/AIDs. See other work on applications of COD Aid for health here. Image: Flickr user/ aheavens