Decentralization and Health Policy in South Asia
eBook - ePub

Decentralization and Health Policy in South Asia

A Comparative Approach

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Decentralization and Health Policy in South Asia

A Comparative Approach

About this book

This ambitious and insightful book provides a unique regional perspective on health policy across South Asia, focusing on how the decentralization of policy and governance leads to differing health outcomes across different countries in the region.

Comparing the contexts and outcomes in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, the book asks how power sharing arrangements between central and subnational layers of government nevertheless result in varying levels of success across issues such as infant and under-five mortality rates. The book argues that it is the role of central government in formulating policy, and how this feeds into regional implementation, that partly explains the disparities in health outcomes across the region.

The book will interest students and scholars of South Asia politics, global health and health policy more generally.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Dedication
  8. Table of Contents
  9. List of illustrations
  10. Preface and Acknowledgements
  11. 1. Introduction
  12. 2. The Role of Central and Subnational Governments
  13. 3. Health Policy-Making in Sri Lanka
  14. 4. Health Policy-Making in Pakistan
  15. 5. Health Policy-Making in Nepal
  16. 6. Health Policy-Making in Bangladesh
  17. 7. Health Policy-Making in India
  18. 8. Pandemic in South Asia and Concluding Remarks
  19. Index