Walker, Louise (Researcher in politics) (2010) Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) : institutional innovation and the challenge to development evaluation. Working Paper. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation: University of Warwick. (Working Papers).

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Abstract

This paper explores how GHIs as a form of institutional innovation are challenging the practice of development evaluation. It begins with a discussion of GHIs and criticisms or questions they have faced on accountability, sustainability and systems impact. It then outlines the short history of development evaluation and discusses how GHIs are pushing its practice towards a broader application of evaluation, performance evaluation. The paper discusses some of the strategic and political applications of evaluation and looks at systems impact, particularly vertical interventions and health systems strengthening, to illustrate the conceptual challenges that GHIs’ interventions can raise with respect to evaluation and how evaluation practice lags behind GHIs’ innovation. Finally, the paper looks at the Global Fund’s Five-Year Evaluation as an example of performance evaluation and how this evaluation addressed or failed to address external commentaries on its accountability,sustainability and systems impact. The paper concludes with some observations about the relationship between institutional innovation and performance evaluation.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	World health, Public health -- International cooperation, Economic development projects -- Evaluation, Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Series Name:	Working Papers
Publisher:	University of Warwick
Place of Publication:	Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Date:	2010
Volume:	Vol.2010
Number:	No.263
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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