Getting aid to where it is needed
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
In the early 2000s, the international aid community started to fund health programs through Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) which provide aid and support for tackling infectious diseases, and for implementing immunization programs against childhood diseases. However priorities set by GHIs and by governments are not always the same. New research uses "agency theory" to examine the conflicts between donor and recipient countries.