Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Bull. World Health Organ. · Dec 2009
Where did all the aid go? An in-depth analysis of increased health aid flows over the past 10 years.
To examine how health aid is spent and channelled, including the distribution of resources across countries and between subsectors. Our aim was to complement the many qualitative critiques of health aid with a quantitative review and to provide insights on the level of development assistance available to recipient countries to address their health and health development needs. ⋯ Although political momentum towards aid effectiveness is increasing at global level, some very real aid management challenges remain at country level. Continued monitoring is therefore necessary, and we recommend that a review of the type presented here be repeated every 3 years.