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Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Community-Based Monitoring in Uganda,” Quarterly
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| Venue: | Journal of Economics, May 2009 |
| Citations: | 93 - 2 self |
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@ARTICLE{Björkman_powerto,
author = {Martina Björkman and Jakob Svensson},
title = {Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Community-Based Monitoring in Uganda,” Quarterly},
journal = {Journal of Economics, May 2009},
year = {},
pages = {735--769}
}
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Abstract
Abstract: Strengthening the relationship of accountability between health service providers and citizens is by many people viewed as critical for improving access to and quality of health care. How this is to be achieved, and whether it works, however, remain open questions. This paper presents a randomized …eld experiment on increasing community-based monitoring. As communities began to more extensively monitor the provider, both the quality and quantity of health service provision improved. One year into the program, we …nd large increases in utilization, signi…cant weight-for-age z-score gains of infants, and markedly lower deaths among children. The …ndings on sta ¤ behavior suggest that the improvements in quality and quantity of health service delivery resulted from an increased e¤ort by the sta ¤ to serve the community. Overall, the results suggest that community monitoring can play an important role in improving service delivery when traditional top-down supervision is ine¤ective. This project is a collaborative exercise involving many people. Foremost, we are deeply indebted to Frances Nsonzi and Ritva Reinikka for their contributions at all stages of the project. We would also like to acknowledge the important contributions of Gibwa Kajubi, Abel Ojoo, Anthony Wasswa, James
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community-based monitoring randomized field experiment many people important role health service provider open question health care health service delivery abel ojoo randomized eld experiment traditional top-down supervision sta behavior france nsonzi anthony wasswa important contribution collaborative exercise signi cant weight-for-age z-score gain service delivery health service provision community monitoring gibwa kajubi ritva reinikka large increase
