A Review of Health Sector Aid Financing to Somalia
Somalia is considered the most fragile of the fragile states: more than fifteen years of war and cyclical natural catastrophes have placed an immense burden on millions of Somalis. Displacement, famine, droughts, disease outbreaks, and illiteracy h...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC : World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9484053/review-health-sector-aid-financing-somalia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6400 |
| Summary: | Somalia is considered the most fragile
of the fragile states: more than fifteen years of war and
cyclical natural catastrophes have placed an immense burden
on millions of Somalis. Displacement, famine, droughts,
disease outbreaks, and illiteracy have become the norm. The
international community has tried to respond to
Somalia's tragedy and over the years has allocated
substantial amounts of funds to a variety of sectors to help
address this chronic emergency. This paper focuses on aid
financing to the health sector over the period 2000 to 2006.
It thoroughly reviews the flows of funds in the complex aid
architecture of the Somalia health sector. The study on the
2000-06 aid flows to the health sector in Somalia is a first
attempt to fill a large gap of knowledge in this area. The
primary objectives of the study were to assess how levels of
donor financing varied over the years; which health
interventions were prioritized by donors; and how evenly
health sector aid was distributed to the different zones of
Somalia. The overall aim of the study was to create evidence
for donors, implementers and health specialists involved in
allocation of financial resources to the Somali health sector. |
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