Development Impacts of International Partnerships

Obamba, Milton O.; Kimbwarata, Jane; Riechi, Andrew

doi:10.1007/978-94-6209-311-9_9

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“…In each country, the university with the first medical school was selected: UoN and MUHAS. MU was selected because it housed an unusual international partnership, the AMPATH Consortium led by Indiana University, identified as a "successful" and "unique" partnership by numerous authors (Obamba et al 2013;Crane 2011;Frenk et al 2010) and the lead author (AY) had a good understanding of this consortium since he had worked within it. KCMUCo was selected primarily because we wanted to include a private university.…”

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Reciprocity in international interuniversity global health partnerships

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Interuniversity global health partnerships are often between parties unequal in organizational capacity and performance using conventional academic output measures. Mutual benefit and reciprocity are called for but literature examining these concepts is limited. The objectives of this study are to analyse how reciprocity is practiced in international interuniversity global health partnerships and to identify relevant structures of reciprocity. Four East African universities and 125 of their international partnerships were included. A total of 192 representatives participated in key informant interviews and focus group discussions. Interviews were transcribed and analysed thematically, drawing on reciprocity theories from international relations and sociology. A range of reciprocal exchanges, including specific, unilateral and diffuse (bilateral and multilateral), were observed. Many partnerships violated the principle of equivalence, as exchanges were often not equal based on tangible benefits realized. Only when intangible benefits, like values, were considered was equivalence realized. This changed the way the principle of contingency-an action done for benefit received-was observed within the partnerships. The values of individuals, the structures of organizations and the guiding principles of the partnerships were observed to guide more than financial gain. Asymmetry of partners, dissimilar perspectives and priorities, and terms of funding all pose challenges to reciprocity. In an era when strengthening institutions is considered crucial to achieving development goals, more rigorous examination and assessment of reciprocity in partnerships is warranted.

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“…Moi University (MU), Eldoret, Kenya, was selected because its partnership with Indiana University has been referred to as successful 2,3 and has been used as a case study more than once. [23][24][25] University of Nairobi (UoN), the second Kenyan site, is the country's oldest and largest medical school.…”

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Mapping International University Partnerships Identified by East African Universities as Strengthening Their Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health Programs

Yarmoshuk

Guantai

Mwangu

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Annals of Global Health

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This study confirms the rapid growth of interuniversity cross-border health partnerships this century. It also finds, however, that there is a pool of established international partnerships from numerous countries at each university. Most partnerships that seek to strengthen universities in East Africa should likely ensure they have a significant education component. Universities should make more systematic information about past and existing partnerships available publicly.

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Mutuality in engaged North–South transnational higher education partnerships: The case of Kenya

Mule,

Kamaara

2024

J of Intl Development

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The quality of transnational higher education partnerships (THEPs) has increasingly come under scrutiny with the growing role of higher education in development. Mutuality has emerged as a key focus of this examination. We seek to understand how mutuality is expressed within North–South THEPs that have a major focus on community engagement. We refer to THEPs with this focus as engaged transnational higher education partnerships (ETHEPs). This study is based on a secondary analysis of extant literature on one ETHEP based in Kenya. A thematic content analysis revealed that celebrated outcomes of mutuality included capacity building, institutionalization, collaborative relationships and solidarity around community engagement. Challenges to mutuality were related to structural and cultural differences, self‐sustainability and equity. A discussion of findings is followed by possible questions to guide inquiry toward strengthening mutuality in North–South ETHEPs.

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Development Impacts of International Partnerships

Cited by 6 publications

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Reciprocity in international interuniversity global health partnerships

Reciprocity in international interuniversity global health partnerships

Mapping International University Partnerships Identified by East African Universities as Strengthening Their Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health Programs

Mutuality in engaged North–South transnational higher education partnerships: The case of Kenya

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