• This seminar sponsored by TAP and the World Bank highlights real-world examples of demand-side interventions that have been incorporated into service delivery.

  • The Centre for Budget and Policy Studies in India showcases problems in social sector budgeting and the responses of policymakers in their documentary.

  • The Center for Democratic Development measures 27% teacher absenteeism in Ghanaian primary schools.

  • Revisit TAP’s seminar series to examine issues of governance, public expenditure, and corruption from the perspective of World Bank staff.

  • Guide for students and parents about issues with primary school spending, produced by the National Center for Economic Research in Guatemala.

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Romanian Academic Society

Research by the Romanian Academic Society (SAR) focused on the Romanian government’s efforts to improve the education system’s responsiveness to local needs by decentralizing financing. SAR examined the effects of this decentralization in 32 schools in four of the eight pilot counties.

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 05:00

“One thing is certain: When medicines aren’t available, people will die.”

So said Dennis Kibira at the Global Health Council event, “Civil Society: A Missing Link in Development”. As health policy and advocacy manager at HEPS – Uganda, Kibira has led Ugandan efforts in a multinational campaign to stop stock-outs across the region. A stock-out occurs when pharmacies run out of medicine on the shelf – supply does not meet demand. The average stock-out in Uganda in 2008 was 2.5 months each year. And less than 50% of public health facilities had a set of necessary medications.

How, then, to stop the stock-outs and save lives? On this question, Kibira echoed many of the event’s speakers: “If there has to be...